Personal Perspectives on Providing Services to Foster Youth

Authors

Whitman, K.L.

Type
Journal Article
Year published
2018
Journal
New Directions for Community Colleges
Accession number

25554

Title

Personal Perspectives on Providing Services to Foster Youth

Series

Enrolling and Supporting Foster Youth

Volume and issue

2018, 181

Abstract

In this chapter, the author highlights common themes found in the extant literature that can inform ways to address the unique challenges of foster youth students in community college. These themes include educational attainment of foster youth as a social justice issue, effective practices that support student success, and recommendations for policy and practice. Coupled with recommendations from the literature, the author offers the perspectives of students about practices at community college campuses. The chapter highlights model programs that are uniquely positioned to serve this marginalized group of students on college campuses using an academic capital framework. (author abstract modified)

Availability details

Full-text available free of charge at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cc.20294