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How much money parents give to college-age kids

More than 60 percent of young adults between the ages of 19 and 22 received some financial help from mom and dad, according to a new University of Michigan study. The average amount they received - including help with college tuition, rent, and transportation - was roughly $7,500 a year.

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The Spring 2012 issue of the ISR Sampler is out!

Predicting presidential elections, rudeness in the workplace, ISR in the community, and much more.


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Next Generation

Christoph Nolte,
2012 Marshall Weinberg Population, Development, and Climate Change Fellow, is studying the economic tradeoffs of land conservation
in Brazil.

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ICPSR's 50th Anniversary

ICPSR will conclude its celebration of 50 years in data management with the symposium "Analyzing Sustainable Social-Ecological Systems," featuring Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom. June 7, 3pm, U-M Rackham Amphitheatre.

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