Climbing a Broken Ladder - 9781978809161

Climbing a Broken LadderContributors of College Success for Youth in Foster Care\nAuthor(s): Nathanael J. Okpych\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9781978809161, 978-1978809161\nSynopsis\nAlthough 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 outcome.