TY  - BOOK
AU  - Okpych,Nathanael J.
TI  - Climbing a Broken Ladder: Contributors of College Success for Youth in Foster Care 
T2  - The American Campus
SN  - 9781978809208
AV  - LC4091 .O394 2021
U1  - 362.73/30973 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - New Brunswick, NJ : 
PB  - Rutgers University Press, 
KW  - College attendance
KW  - United States
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Foster children
KW  - Education (Higher)
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - EDUCATION / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - College, American Campus, Campus Life, Youth, Success, Diploma, Statistics, School, Degree, College Students, Persistence, Academia, Higher Education, University, Classroom, Teacher, Faculty, Academics, Professor
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Part I Background --; Introduction --; 1 Framework for the Book --; 2 Description of the Midwest Study --; Part II Findings --; 3 Exploring College Outcomes --; 4 College Enrollment Patterns --; 5 Predictors of College Enrollment --; 6 Predictors of College Persistence --; 7 Predictors of Degree Completion --; 8 The Role of Avoidant Attachment on College Persistence and Degree Completion --; 9 Impact of Extended Foster Care on College Outcomes --; Part III Recommendations --; 10 Policy and Practice Recommendations to Increase College Enrollment and Completion --; Appendix A Statistics in Plain Language --; Appendix B Making Sense of Odds Ratios --; Appendix C What Is Multivariable Regression and Why Do We Need It? --; Appendix D Description of Study Predictors --; Acknowledgments --; Notes --; References --; Index --; About the Author; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978809208
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781978809208
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781978809208/original
ER  -