March 2024

Vkulikov/Wikipedia To read more of Raymond Goldfield's article, please click here. Iowa has a rich educational scene, with its public colleges and universities being some of the most acclaimed state institutions in the country. The University of Iowa is even home to a writers’ workshop that has resulted in the city being named an official UNESCO City of Literature! Countless famous faces have visited the city – but most people don’t know what a huge role the university and state played in...

PRB just published a new research brief that may be of interest: Among common forms of discipline, only reasoning with a child is associated with positive developmental outcomes, according to a new analysis by Kaitlin Paxton Ward and colleagues from the University of Michigan and University of Nevada.[1] You can read the full brief here: https://www.prb.org/articles/is-your-child-misbehaving-try-reasoning-with-them/ References: 1. Kaitlin P. Ward, et al. “Associations Between 11 Parental...

The Gen Now panelists, from left: Juan Acosta, Meera Varma, Elektra, Da’Mohntae Walker, and Cynthia Germanotta. To read more of the CSUDH Campus News Center article, please click here. CSUDH welcomed U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-CA) and the Born This Way Foundation (BTW) to campus on Feb. 22 for a Gen Now Youth Town Hall on mental health. The event brought together youth mental health advocates, students, faculty, and administrators for a panel discussion on ways to better identify the...