Policy & Program Links: Other Universities
Here you will find information about policy studies at Columbia University, as well as links to research centers at other universities and beyond.
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Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
(Princeton University)
The Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing is located within the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Office of Population Research at Princeton University. The Center takes a multidisciplinary approach and is concerned with a broad range of children's issues, including education, healthcare, income sufficiency and family/community support. Their long-term goal is to identify policies in each of these areas that are effective and politically feasible. To meet this goal, the Center supports basic research as well as evaluations of particular policies and programs.
Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy
(Yale University)
Established in 1977 at Yale University, the multi-disciplinary Bush Center conducts policy-related research affecting children and trains researchers in the process of policy decision-making with the aim of bringing current research knowledge about child development into the policy arena.
The Catherine E. Cutler Institute for Child & Family Policy
(University of Southern Maine)
The mission of the Institute (at the Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine), is to improve the quality of human service systems in order to preserve and strengthen families and promote the well-being of family members; to foster team work, collaboration and personal and professional growth of staff; and to continuously improve our ability to meet the needs of those we serve while advancing academic and professional standards of excellence.
