Jason Owen-Smith discusses his new book with Inside Higher Ed
November 20, 2018
Jason Owen-Smith discusses his book, Research Universities and the Public Good: Discovery for an Uncertain Future, with Inside Higher Ed.
On why it is necessary to make the case that research universities promote the public good:
We may think the idea is so obvious that we don't bother to make...
Miech comments on rise in marijuana use by U.S. youth
November 1, 2018
In a Detroit News article regarding the nascent research on the risks and benefits of long term marijuana use, Richard Miech says an increase in use among youth was expected because historically as adolescents perceive less risk in marijuana use they use it more.
SRC Researchers at BigSurv18
October 26, 2018
SRC researchers at the BigSurv18: Big Data Meets Survey Science conference, October 25-27, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.Friday, October 2611:30-1:00, Zeina Mneimneh (presenting author), Colleen McClain, Lisa Singh, Trivellore Raghunathan, Evaluating Survey Consent to Social Media Linkage2:15-3:45,...
Fusaro, Helen Levy & H. Luke Shaefer Study on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Homelessness Featured in Washington Post
October 10, 2018
Vincent Fusaro, Helen Levy, and H. Luke Shaefer’s study, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Lifetime Prevalence of Homelessness in the United States, is featured in a Washington Post article emphasizing the number of baby boomers overall – and African American boomers specifically...
New book co-edited by Beth-Ellen Pennell: Advances in Comparative Survey Methods: Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts (3MC)
October 4, 2018
Advances in Comparative Survey Methodology examines the most recent advances in methodology and operations as well as the technical developments in international survey research. With contributions from a panel of international experts, the text includes information on the use of Big Data in...
SRC Researchers at DEVSEC18
October 3, 2018
Pamela Davis-Kean and Colter Mitchell (along with Justin Jager and Adriene Beltz) are co-chairing the Society for Research in Child Development Special Topic Meeting: Conference on the Use of Secondary and Open Source Data in Developmental Science. Many SRC researchers are chairing symposiums,...
SCIP survey finds students more concerned about climate change
September 28, 2018
Preliminary data from the 2017-2018 Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program survey indicate 75% of University of Michigan students are “extremely sure” that climate change is happening, an increase of 10% since 2015. Robert Marans, one of the principle investigators of the survey,...
Richard Miech discusses new study finding 1 in 11 students have vaped cannabis
September 18, 2018
In a story on CNN about a new study in JAMA Pediatrics, Richard Miech (who was not an author of the study) discusses the acceleration of e-cigarette use among teens and its connection to marijuana use: “…I would expect to see a very big increase in vaping in the coming years. As...
Pfeffer quoted in New York Times
September 17, 2018
In a New York Times article, The Recovery Threw the Middle-Class Dream Under a Benz, discussing the uneven recovery from the Great Recession, Fabian Pfeffer explains the role family wealth plays: 'Over and over, you see that family wealth is an important determinant of opportunity for the next...
2017 Monitoring the Future Study finds college students use marijuana more often than previous generations
September 5, 2018
In a story on Michigan Radio, John Schulenberg said that while college students are using more marijuana than previous generations, most of the marijuana use reported is from non-college students: 'We're at a point now where one in eight non-college youths are using marijuana on a daily, or near...
