Focus on the Family launches college program on family studies
Kyla Easterday joins 85 students in Focus on the Family Institute for Family Studies a program pairing college coursework with internship work at Focus. Participants must maintain a 3.25 GPA and complete four essays for up to 16 credits and a $6,500 per semester cost. The 15 week course blends psychology philosophy and family studies with an integrative research project guiding students to apply family issues within their discipline.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Kyla Easterday
Manhattan Christian College
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Kan
Focus
Claude Pressrell Jr
Focus’ Institute For Family Studies
James Dobson
Kenneth Ogden
Christian Colleges
Presswell
Time off from college reshapes Heather Marlow’s path
Heather Marlow left Bowdoin after freshman year seeking life experience. She built a health clinic in the Dominican Republic, researched for CNN in Atlanta, and volunteered in Mexico before transferring to Brown University. Experts argue a year or more off can benefit students, stressing personal growth over rushing through college.
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Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Maine
Heather Marlow
Marlow
Dominican Republic
CNN
Atlanta
Guanajuato
Mexico
Center For
Cambridge
Mass
Amigos de Las Americas
Elaine
Brown University
Rhode Island
Teen Court to put peers in charge of juvenile cases
In Oxnard California a new Teen Court will start next week at Oxnard High School where a six member jury of students will determine punishments for juveniles arrested for vandalism petty theft or drug or alcohol possession. Judge Steven Perren will oversee the first case and organizers hope to expand the program to additional districts.
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Cornelius Bull
Center For Interim
Bull
Canada
California
Maryland
Maine
Ora High School
Bob Herndon
Elyria High Grad
Lorain County Community College
LCCC
Princeton
Fred Har- Bacon
Hargacon
Exper
Oxnard
Calif
Oxnard Union
Oxnard High School
Christine Weidenheimer
Ventura County Superior Court
Steven Perren
Perren
Weidenheimer
Oxnard High Union High
Wise teen romance and family crisis guidance column
A seventh grader asks whether to date an older, advanced student and how to handle parental disapproval. The column advises breaking up as wise, then shifts to a separated family crisis where a father threatens self harm. It urges seeking professional help, informing the police if necessary, and notes Teen Talk is a weekly feature with author credits.
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el Paso Herald-Post
Carolyn, Zea Wilson
Rose Mary Carbajal
Teen Talk
P.O
el Paso
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Relative Research
Debbie Warhola
Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
Ny McAnnie
Elyria School
Elyria High
Landall
Asenio
Shaffetall
Elyria High School
Reneese
Hargadon
George Manefield
The
Ventura County Star
Calfornia
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