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Health Policy

Interventions Used by Virginia's Colleges to Respond to Student Mental Health Crises

Authors: Richard Bonnie, John Monahan, Susan Davis, Christopher Flynn

Objective:

This study examined interventions by colleges in 2008–2009 to respond to students during mental health crises.

Methods:

Public (N=15) and private (N=25) four-year colleges and two-year community colleges (N=23) in Virginia were surveyed about academic policies governing responses to apparent mental health crises among students and how often they were invoked.

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Education

Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Care and Education

Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Jane Waldfogel

This paper critically reviews what we know about the long-term effects of parental leave and early childhood education programs. We find only limited evidence that expansions of parental leave durations improved long-run educational or labor market outcomes of the children whose parents were affected by them, perhaps because benefits are hard to measure or confined to sub-groups, or because leave entitlements were sufficiently long, even before recent extensions, to yield most potential benefits. 

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A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving (Fifth Edition) by Eric M. Patashnik and Eugene Bardach, University of California, Berkeley

A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving (Fifth Edition)

Authors: Eric M. Patashnik, Eugene Bardach, University of California, Berkeley

In the Fifth Edition of A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving, Eugene Bardach and new co-author Eric Patashnik draw on more than 40 years of experience teaching students to be effective, accurate, and persuasive policy analysts. This bestselling handbook presents dozens of concrete tips, interesting case studies, and step-by-step strategies that are easily applicable for the budding analyst as well as the seasoned professional.

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Who am I? Beyond "I think, therefore I am."

Authors: Timothy Wilson, A. Voorhoeve, E. During, D. Jopling, F. Kamm

Can we ever truly answer the question, “Who am I?” Moderated by Alex Voorhoeve (London School of Economics), neuro-philosopher Elie During (University of Paris, Ouest Nanterre), cognitive scientist David Jopling (York University, Canada), social psychologist Timothy Wilson (University of Virginia), and ethicist Frances Kamm (Harvard University) examine the difficulty of achieving genuine self-knowledge and how the pursuit of self-knowledge plays a role in shaping the self.

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