CYFS Annual Reports
The Center represents a new and exciting research entity within the College of Education and Human Sciences at UNL. Its mission embodies one overarching vision: to improve through cutting-edge interdisciplinary research, our understanding of optimal ways that parents, teachers and other service providers in family, school and community contexts can promote the intellectual, socio-emotional, physical and behavioral adjustment of children and youth. Supporting this mission are efforts to bring together diverse perspectives from multiple disciplines to create meaningful responses to research priorities.
Research conducted through the Center contributes to an emerging and relevant knowledge and practice base that affects meaningfully the lives of many children, youth, families and schools, especially those in and around Nebraska. We take very seriously the theme of “excellence” that was bestowed on us by the NU Board of Regents in 2002-2003. The reports presented here represent our most recent efforts at realizing “excellence.” They provide a lens through which we look forward with clarity, vigor, and a hope for impact that continues to catapult us to new and exciting levels. We adopt a definition of “excellence” that pushes us to surpass what we have done before; to strive for superiority in all that we do; and to create a climate and culture for research that are eminently good for UNL and for our constituencies. Indeed, we invite you to share in our excitement and our pursuit of excellence.
