Climbing a Broken Ladder : Contributors of College Success for Youth in Foster Care

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Okpych, Nathanael J., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.) ill

Place of Publication:

Rutgers University Press

Summary:

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 Ladderadvances 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.

ISBN:

9781978809185

1978809182