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Miniconference 1999 – May 14

Residential Academies for At-Risk Youth?

  • Arne Carlson (Former Governor of Minnesota, IDS Mutual Fund Group)
    "Vision for a Residential Academy Plan"
  • Richard Jessor (University of Colorado-Boulder)
    "Risk and Protective Factors in Adolescent Development"
  • William McCarthy (University of California-Davis)
    "There's no Home in This Place: The Complications of Residential Care and Schooling for Street Youth"
  • D. Wayne Osgood (Pennsylvania State University)
    "Residential Programs for Youth: Lessons From the Past About the Best of Intentions"