MANDEL SCHOOL
NEWS AND EVENTS
September 07, 2007
Assets, Social Policy, and Community Development
Date: Friday, September 7
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Peter B. Lewis Building (note different location)
Series: The Herman Stein Lecture in International Social Welfare
CEUs: Two hours of CEU credit is available
Cost: All MSASS lectures are free of charge. CEU credits are $18 per lecture
Professor Michael Sherraden is the creator of the widely-praised Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), a matched savings program designed to help the working poor save money and accumulate assets. IDA’s have been adopted into federal legislation and exist in more than 40 states. Dr. Sherraden is the founder and director of the Center for Social Development at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University.