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 Jessica Martin Director, News & Information for the School of Law and the George Warren Brown School of Social Work jessica_martin@wustl.edu (314) 935-5251 |
| Director:
Michael Sherraden (sherrad@gwbmail.wustl.edu)
| Home Page: http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/csd/
Location: 46F Goldfarb Hall Email: csd@gwbmail.wustl.edu Telephone: (314) 935-7433 |
The Center for Social Development (CSD) is a unit of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work (GWB) at Washington University in St. Louis. The impetus for creating CSD was from Dean Shanti Khinduka, and the Center began in 1994 with Michael Sherraden as the founding director. Although relatively young as an organization, CSD has established itself as a leading academic center in social development.
Social development refers to focusing on development and building capacities of individuals, families, and communities, in contrast to a more traditional social services focus on maintenance and problem solving. CSD has a multipurpose agenda encompassing social theory, research, policy innovation, projects in the community, and teaching. CSD projects connect academic and applied interests and build bridges across public, non-profit, and private sectors. Both academic excellence and real-world involvement are emphasized. The watchwords are inquiry, innovation, and impact.
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| More than 1,000 Okla. babies receive $1,000 for college savings Okla. State Treasurer and Washington University in St. Louis partner through new study on children's savings accounts (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11842.html) June 3, 2008 -- More than 1,000 Oklahoma babies are receiving a $1,000 jumpstart on saving for college thanks to SEED for Oklahoma Kids (SEED OK), a seven-year study designed to determine the economic and educational impact of "seeding" a college savings account for children at birth. SEED OK, announced June 3 by Governor Brad Henry and State Treasurer Scott Meacham, is a collaboration between the Oklahoma State Treasurer and the Center for Social Development (CSD) at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. |
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| Training social work professionals for public service roles School of Social Work offers new full-tuition Richard A. Gephardt Public Service Scholarship (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/7327.html) June 19, 2006 --
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| Asset building is the key Ford Foundation grant helps the Center for Social Development invest in the poor (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/6105.html) Nov. 28, 2005 -- At the Center for Social Development (CSD) in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Michael Sherraden, Ph.D., and his faculty colleagues, staff, and graduate students are dedicating themselves to addressing the root causes of poverty and finding solutions. To this end, CSD has found a partner in the Ford Foundation, a philanthropic organization whose goals include asset building to create better societies. |
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| Amanda Moore McBride Assistant Professor of Social Work (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/658.html)
Amanda Moore McBride specializes in civic engagement and civic service, which is a type of long-term, intensive volunteering. She researches inclusive definitions and measurement of civic engagement, international service and global citizenship, youth service as youth development, and the relationship ... Expertise: civic engagement, civic service, social development, asset development, qualitative field methods and analysis, international and comparative research Direct contact: (314) 935-9778 / ammcbride@gwbmail.wustl.edu |
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| Michael Sherraden Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/96.html)
Michael Sherraden works on creating, implementing, and studying policy and community innovations, focusing on the least advantaged, and drawing lessons from historical and international examples. Research on asset building, community and family development, service, productive aging, welfare reform, ... Expertise: IDAs, asset-building, community and family development, productive aging, social and economic development, welfare reform Direct contact: (314) 935-6691 / sherrad@gwbmail.wustl.edu |
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| New incentive to save for college
The Christian Science Monitor and 8 others June 30, 2008 -- Anything that helps college savings accumulate is positive, but higher interest rates may not be the most effective incentive, says Michael Sherraden, director of the Center for Social Development at WUSTL's social work school. The Center's latest project is SEED for Oklahoma Kids. |
| In Oklahoma and Maine, Babies Get Funds for College Savings Plans
U.S. News & World Report online blog June 13, 2008 -- Education blog on programs in Oklahoma and Maine to provide college savings accounts to newborns. WUSTL social work professor Michael Sherraden talks about the effort in Oklahoma. |
| Retirement Cash: Will You Have Enough?
Readers Digest (NY) Sept. 7, 2007 -- There's a gap between the dream of retirement and the reality Americans face. A recent study from WUSTL School of Social Work estimates that 4 out of 10 people over age 60 will fall below the poverty line at some point in their later years. Countless more will watch their dream retirement fade as they discover that their savings barely cover their immediate needs. But the prospect of fiscal free fall has yet to alter most Americans' behavior, and baby boomers are saving a scant third of what they'll need. |
| In N.Va., Let Down By a Rising Economy
Washington Post, Seattle Times and 5 others Feb. 28, 2007 -- Article looks at a growing underside of the vibrant, rapidly shifting economy of northern Virginia, where the high cost of housing and the unpredictable nature of the job market can plunge workers into poverty and homelessness. The situation in northern Virginia is similar to those surfacing nationwide. WUSTL social work professor Mark Rank is one of the experts commenting. |
| Baby boomers seen as source of global volunteers
The Washington Times Dec. 6, 2006 -- Volunteer agencies were urged yesterday to tap into the pool of aging and retiring baby boomers at a forum on international volunteerism at the Brookings Institution. The goal of the Brookings initiative is to double international volunteerism in three years, from 50,000 people to 100,000 people. Margaret Sherraden, researcher at WUSTL's Center for Social Development, comments on international volunteerism. |
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