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Overview: Stanford Center on Adolescence



The Center is interested in how young people find purposes, how purposes can be sustained over time, and how people can find life-enhancing new purposes as they age. The Center is also interested in how various educational environments, ranging from k-12 schools to higher education establishments, do or do not assist young people in their searches for purpose. The Center also takes an interest in how work environments can promote entrepreneurial purpose, how families can communicate purpose across the generations, and how organizations can design purposeful conditions for those who participate in them.