Climbing a broken ladder. Contributors of college success for youth in foster care.

Autor/in	Okpych, Nathanael J.
Titel	Climbing a broken ladder. Contributors of college success for youth in foster care.
Quelle	New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press (2021), VII, 239 S.Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	The American campus
Beigaben	Illustrationen; Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	9781978809178 (gebundene Ausgabe); 9781978809161 (Taschenbuch); 9781978809185 (EPUB); 9781978809192; 9781978809208 (PDF)
Schlagwörter	USA; Foster children; Case studies; Fallstudie; Education (Higher); United States; College attendance; Social conditions; Erziehung + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Foster child; Pflegekind; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Higher education; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; USA; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Soziale Bedingung
Abstract	Framework for the book -- Description of the Midwest study -- Exploring college outcomes -- College enrollment patterns -- Predictors of college enrollment -- Predictors of college persistence -- Predictors of degree completion -- The role of avoidant attachment on college persistence and degree completion -- Impact of extended foster care on college outcomes -- Policy and practice recommendations to increase college enrollment and completion. "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 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"--Provided by publisher.
Erfasst von	Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01