Memo from CalYOUTH: An Early Look at Predictors of College Degree Completion at Age 23 for Foster Youth

Autor/inn/en	Okpych, Nathanael J.; Park, Sunggeun; Courtney, Mark E.; Powers, Jenna
Institution	Chapin Hall Center for Children
Titel	Memo from CalYOUTH: An Early Look at Predictors of College Degree Completion at Age 23 for Foster Youth
Quelle	(2021), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foster Care; Graduation Rate; Young Adults; Associate Degrees; Bachelors Degrees; Mental Disorders; Academic Persistence; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; College Graduates; Child Abuse; Educational Background; Predictor Variables; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflegehilfe; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Vorbildung; Prädiktor; Kalifornien
Abstract	Graduating from college is a life-transforming achievement for young people with foster care backgrounds. Not only do the majority of adolescents in foster care aspire to finish college, but holding a degree has been associated with an increased likelihood of being employed and having higher earnings. Still, existing research estimates that fewer than one in ten foster youth complete 2-year or 4-year degrees by early adulthood. Few studies have investigated factors that promote or hinder foster youths' likelihood of completing a college degree. Given the importance of college degree completion for foster youth and the limited research on this topic, this memo provides an early look at contributors to college degree completion for participants in the CalYOUTH Study. The report draws on data collected from the several hundred youths who participated in the longitudinal study to identify factors that promote or stymie youths' likelihood of completing a college degree by around age 23. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. Tel: 773-753-5900; Fax: 773-753-5940; Web site: http://www.chapinhall.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01