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Climbing a Broken Ladder : Contributors of College Success for Youth in Foster Care / Nathanael J. Okpych.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The American CampusPublisher: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (248 p.) : 15 b-w images, 30 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781978809208
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.73/30973 23
LOC classification:
  • LC4091 .O394 2021
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
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 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.
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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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