School of Social Work News
William Elliott and the Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion Contributed Paper to the U.S. Child Poverty Action Group CompendiumProfessor William Elliott and the Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion recently contributed a paper, “Making Education Work for the Poor: The Potential of Children’s Savings Accounts” to the U.S. Child Poverty Action Group compendium. They have also been asked to speak at a Child Poverty Action Group Congressional briefing, Our Kids, Our Future.
- April 19, 2018
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- William Elliott III Featured in The Conversation
Professor William Elliott III's article, "Why children's savings accounts should be America's next wealth transfer program" was featured in The Conversation. In addition to The Conversation, the story was picked up by other news outlets including:
- January 16, 2018
- William Elliott III Discusses College Debt Crisis on "Straight Talk with Frank Sweeny"
Professor William Elliott III was featured on the podcast, "Straight Talk with Frank Sweeny" to discuss his book, "The Real College Debt Crisis: How Student Borrowing Threatens Financial Well-Being and Erodes the American Dream."
- November 4, 2017
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- William Elliott III Receives Grant from Friedman Family Foundation for Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion (AEDI)
Professor William Elliott III received a grant from the Friedman Family Foundation for support of the Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion (AEDI). The mission of AEDI is to create and study innovations related to asset development, education, and financial inclusion that result in opportunities across the life course for low-income children and families, in the U.S. and around the globe, for the purposes of climbing out of poverty and up the economic ladder.
- October 23, 2017
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- William Elliott III Cited in Inside Higher Ed Article on Sustainable Tuition-Free College Programs
Professor William Elliott III was cited in the Inside Higher Ed article, “How to Pay for Free Community College.”
He was also featured in the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education article, “Merging of Savings Accounts Proposed for College Funding.”
- October 6, 2017
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- William Elliott III Receives Grant from Charles Stewart Mott Foundation for Research on Children's Savings Account Program
Professor William Elliott III received a grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation via the University of Kansas to conduct research on Maine's Harold Alfond College Challenge, one of the oldest and most visible Children's Savings Account (CSA) programs in the country, in pursuit of a deeper and more broadly applicable knowledge base around CSAs.
- July 28, 2017