Nearly 40 years after graduating from UC Berkeley, Jeffrey Edleson is back as dean of the School of Social Welfare. With October marking National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Edleson talks about his two main research areas: prevention and intervention for children exposed to domestic violence, and new and expectant fathers at high risk for being violent.
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Researchers at UC Berkeley's Institute of Human Development report promising results from a 5-year-old parenting program, Abriendo Puertas ("Opening Doors"), which appears to significantly help Latino parents prepare their young children to succeed in school.
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As part of a student-run course on online piracy, Kevin Gorman discovered Wikipedia's potential as a tool for teaching and learning. Since then, the UC Berkeley undergrad has become an evangelist for collaborative online encyclopedia-making, coaching campus instructors and students on using Wikipedia-based assignments.
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