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| Vol. 17, No. 23 | March 13, 1998 |
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| Vol. 17, No. 23 | March 13, 1998 |
Maris Vinovskis, professor of history at the University of Michigan, will present a free, public program, entitled "Do Federal Compensatory Education Programs Really Work?", at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 19, in Room 209-211, Trabant University Center.
Vinovskis also is a senior research scientist at the University of Michigan's Center for Political Studies in the Institute for Social Research. He is a member of the Independent Review Panel for Social Research for the U.S. Department of Education, and he has been associated with several other Department of Education boards and offices. He also served as a deputy staff director of the U.S. House Committee on Population.
Vinovskis is the author of numerous books and articles, including Education and Social Change in 19th-Century Massachusetts, with Karl Kaestle; The Origins of Public High Schools; An Epidemic of Adolescent Pregnancy: Some Historical and Policy Perspectives; Religion, Family and the Life Course; and Education, Society and Economic Opportunity: A Historical Perspective on Persistent Problems.
The program is sponsored by the Center for Community Development and Family Policy and the Group for Family Research, with funding from the College of Human Resources, Education and Public Policy and the departments of Economics, Educational Development, Educational Studies, History, Individual and Family Studies and Political Science and International relations and the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy.
A reception will be held in Room 206 of the Trabant University Center after the lecture.
