Around the NCFR office this past year we have talked a lot about the sustainability of the field of family science. Sometimes we call it family studies, sometimes we call it human development and family studies (HDFS), but the conversation is the same and revolves around: the future of the discipline, the viability of degree programs, the employability of undergraduates, and the future of NCFR.
In another vintage short film, George and Betty get to spend the summer with their cousins on Uncle Jim’s farm. Doing chores, calling hogs, milking cows — it’s all here, straight from 1963.
The purpose of this symposium will be to examine how well the family field as a whole is faring 30 years after Burr's proposal. More specifically, the symposium will examine how family studies/science is doing in the academy, among other social and behavioral sciences, and among the general public and popular media.
National Sex Ed Conference is the premier pace for sexuality educators to network and learn! Open to health educators, community educators, teachers, professors, nurses, social workers, counselors, therapists, scholars…if you teach sex ed, this is the conference for YOU!
Panel: Robert Gold, Ph.D, University of Maryland.; Elaine Anderson, Ph.D., University of Maryland; Alan Acock, Ph.D, Oregon State University; Kathleen M. Roche, Ph.D., George Washington University
The Princeton-Brookings Future of Children organization just released its latest journal volume, themed Literacy Challenges for the Twenty-First Century.
