News and publications
Connect!:
Magazine for CEHD alumni and friends
ResearchWorks:
Continuing research
PartnersWork:
Outreach and service
CEHD Inside /
Out, college's internal blog
Media contact: Anitra Budd, 612-626-7486 or
budd0018@umn.edu
Featured publications
Annual Report
 Transforming how higher education serves the
world
Learning communities support first-generation students
The positive effects of a college diploma are many—from increased
income, professional mobility, and improved quality of life, to good
health. Yet for students whose parents’ highest level of education
is high school or less, finishing college is a challenge.
[Continue
reading ResearchWorks]
Program fosters collaboration between corrections, advocates,
communities
While many organizations offer support to former prisoners or to
domestic violence victims, few recognize the intersections between the
two groups and their concerns. Since 2003 the School of Social Work’s
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community has
worked to strengthen programs for intimate partners of former prisoners.
Its Safe Return Initiative focuses specifically on preventing domestic
violence in communities and families living with newly released
prisoners. [Continue reading
PartnersWork] Resource publications
New Books for
Young Readers, an annotated database of new trade books that
have been read and evaluated on the basis of their appeal and
appropriateness for young people from age three to young adult.
Questions About Kids, a series of tip sheets
that tackles common issues
of concern to parents and professionals.
A Survival Guide for Parents of Teenagers Web site includes the Teen
Talk fact sheet series.
Financing Long
Term Care Web site includes helpful fact sheets.
The Minnesota Health Care Directive, includes a planning toolkit and
the directive form.
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