Making Caring Common leads a number of research projects and programs. From working directly with schools and educators to spearheading national campaigns, we strive to make caring a priority in homes, schools, and communities.
School profiles are a critical but often overlooked component of students’ college applications. Typically managed by school counselors, profiles provide admission officers with contextual information about an applicant’s high school environment including school demographics, academic and extracurricular opportunities, and student outcomes.
Read MoreJoin Making Caring Common’s new Character Review in Admissions workshop series to discover how character review can help you build a stronger, more diverse student body that contributes to a thriving campus.
Read MoreMaking Caring Common’s new Relationship Mapping Initiative promotes positive youth mental health by ensuring that all students are connected to others in their school community. Schools in the initiative will use and provide feedback on new, research-based resources designed to increase student connection and belonging in school. Learn more and join today!
Read MoreMaking Caring Common’s voter mobilization series helps young people aged 18-25 effectively mobilize their peers to vote and provides them with civic knowledge and organizing skills that will be useful throughout their lives.
Read MoreThe Caring Schools Network (CSN), developed by experts at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and educators nationwide, empowers K - 12 schools with the tools they need to cultivate a sense of community, caring, and justice in students.
Read MoreParents are inundated with advice about promoting positive behaviors in children. Yet remarkably little is known about basic, crucial questions related to the implementation and impact of parenting strategies. Through our Caring Families project, Making Caring Common has been developing and pilot-testing a variety of engaging strategies and activities to help parents further cultivate empathy, gratitude, and diligence in their children.
Read MoreMaking Caring Common and colleges and universities across the country are working together to develop and pilot new character assessment tools and practices in college admission.
Read MoreJoin college admissions officers in reshaping the college admissions process to value ethical and intellectual engagement.
College admissions plays a powerful role in shaping student attitudes and behaviors. More than 175 college admissions offices, including all the Ivy League colleges, are making changes aligned with our Turning the Tide goals of:
Developing greater concern for others and the common good among high school students;
Increasing equity and access for economically disadvantaged students; and
Reducing excessive achievement pressure.
Read MoreMaking Caring Common’s Youth Advisory Board is a diverse group of high school students from across the country who are committed to making schools more caring and respectful places. Members guide MCC’s understanding of some of the most pressing moral issues and social challenges of their peer groups, including bullying and exclusion. The YAB provides feedback on our ideas, shares their thoughts on current events, and makes sure we’re on the right track when communicating information to young people.
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