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October 5, 2023
DCS Has Failed Children It Was Supposed to Protect, This Lawsuit Shows Why
…health problems. The utility of these lawsuits is disputed. States find them onerous and expensive, arguing that compliance activities and legal fees take time and resources that could be used…
September 26, 2023
Former Foster Kids Need More Than Higher Education
…only a quarter of kids who have spent time in foster care actually graduate from high school in four years. Why are we so fixated on getting kids a college degree when…
September 21, 2023
How Health Policy Laws Are Hurting College Students and Their Families
…times,” Marcus Hotaling, president of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors, told the Times. But why? What was causing Yale to adopt a policy that seems on…
September 21, 2023
How Health Privacy Laws Are Hurting College Students and Their Families
…times,” Marcus Hotaling, president of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors, told the Times. But why? What was causing Yale to adopt a policy that seems on…
September 18, 2023
West Virginia Budget Cuts Are a Taste of Higher Ed’s Future
…have to cut programs and faculty as demand dries up. The pandemic made matters worse. Many students decided that Zoom classes were a waste of time and money. A tight…
September 18, 2023
No Culture Wars, Please, We’re Academics
…on children and how they develop as adults. “Children in two-parent homes tend to live in homes with a higher level of income and have more time with their parents…
August 14, 2023
What ‘Earth Mama’ Doesn’t Tell Us About Foster Care
…is not true of “Earth Mama,” a recently released film by first-time director Savanah Leaf. The story is about a pregnant woman, Gia, whose two children are in the foster…
August 12, 2023
Why Ending Child Services Is the New Defund the Police
…and neglect and three times as likely to die from maltreatment as their white peers. If anything, the notion that child welfare is structurally racist has become an article of…
August 3, 2023
Philanthropists Discover the Value of “Sunsetting”
…that its hostility to capitalism had thrown it off course: “Perhaps it is time for the trustees and staff to examine the question of our obligations to our economic system…
July 25, 2023
What Relationship Outsourcing Says About Our Culture
How many of our relationships can we outsource? Apparently, there’s no end. A recent article in The New York Times describes a new kind of professional, a “surrogate partner,” who…