Research Initiatives

The Katrina Study

Principal Investigators

Mary Waters and Jean E. Rhodes

 

Survey of how community college students were affected by Katrina

 

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The Price of Independence: The Economics of Early Adulthood

Editors

Sheldon Danziger and Cecilia Rouse

 

New book chronicles debt, labor market experiences, economic conditions and living arrangements, earnings, and more.

 

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On Your Own Without a Net: The Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Populations
Principal Investigators D. Wayne Osgood, E. Michael Foster, Constance Flanagan, and Gretchen R. Ruth
 

Book chronicles transition to adulthood for vulnerable populations, including how policies and programs might better support these young adults.

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On the Frontier of Adulthood
Principal Investigators Richard A. Settersten, Jr., Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr., and Rubén G. Rumbaut
 

Network's seminal first book examining the changing transition to adutlhood, with focus on historical trends, and the transition for different racial-ethnic groups, by gender, and by immigration status.

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Views of Young Adults as They Transition to Adulthood
Principal Investigators Mary Waters, Rubén Rumbaut
 

Research based on more than 500 in-depth interviews with young adults in five sites across the US. Interviews examine a range of questions and insights on how youth experience the twenties today. Two forthcoming volumes are underway.

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Opening Doors to Earning Credentials
Principal Investigators Gordon L. Berlin, Cecilia E. Rouse, and Jean E. Rhodes
 

Reports from ongoing evaluations of a new program to bolster graduation and commitment to community colleges.

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Monitoring the Future: A Snapshot of Changing Attitudes over Four Decades

Principal Investigator Connie A. Flanagan, D. Wayne Osgood
 

Examines high school seniors' changing views on such things as materialism, civic particiaption, the meaning of work, and other facets of the transition to adutlhood.

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Developmental Issues in Emerging Adulthood

Principal Investigators Richard A. Settersten, Jr
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America's Promise: Civic Engagement in Early Adulthood
Principal Investigators Connie A. Flanagan, Richard A. Settersten, Jr.
 

Several ongoing studies examining how young adults engage in their communities, including voting, volunteering, and other forms of civic participation.

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National Guard Challenge
Principal Investigators Jean E. Rhodes, Gordon L. Berlin
 

Reports on the MDRC evaulation of another critical support for vulnerable young adults making the transition from adolescence to adulthood.

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Young Adults in the United States: A 2005 Profile
Principal Investigator Rubén Rumbaut
 

A snapshot of young adults in 2005, by age group: 18–24-year olds; 25–29-year-olds; and 30–34-year-olds. The analysis relies on the latest data from the 2005 Current Population Survey

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Youth Development Study
Principal Investigator Jeylan T. Mortimer
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The Michigan Study of Life Transitions (MSALT)
Principal Investigators Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Debra Marguerite Hernandez Jozefowicz-Simbeni
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