Climbing a Broken Ladder Contributors of College Success for Youth in Foster Care - The American Campus
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Although foster youth have college aspirations similar to their peers, fewer than one in ten ultimately complete a two-year or four-year college degree. What are the major factors that influence their chances of succeeding? Climbing a Broken Ladder advances our knowledge of what can be done to improve college outcomes for a student group that has largely remained invisible in higher education. Drawing on data from one of the most extensive studies of young people in foster care, Nathanael J. Okpych examines a wide range of factors that contribute to the chances that foster youth enroll in college, persist in college, and ultimately complete a degree. Okpych also investigates how early trauma affects later college outcomes, as well as the impact of a significant child welfare policy that extends the age limit of foster care. The book concludes with data-driven and concrete recommendations for policy and practice to get more foster youth into and through college.
Book information
ISBN: | 9781978809178 |
Publisher: | Rutgers University Press |
Imprint: | Rutgers University Press |
Pub date: | 15 Jan 2021 |
DEWEY: | 362.7330973 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | vii, 239 |
Weight: | 458g |
Height: | 229mm |
Width: | 152mm |
Spine width: | 20mm |