Brooklyn College

Children’s Studies Center

: The center, founded in 1997, aims to promote a unified approach to the study and teaching of children and youth across the disciplines in the arts, humanities, natural and social sciences, medicine, and law. It is the mission of the center to participate in national and international research efforts on behalf of children and youth; to help governmental and advocacy agencies, as well as community-based organizations, formulate implementation strategies for helping children and youth; to initiate interdisciplinary symposia, concerts, broadcasts, exhibitions, and films in partnership with arts institutions; and to develop resource and information materials for assisting undergraduate students in the exploration of careers related to children and youth services.