Youth Today
All posts tagged "college"
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3.8KGuest Opinion EssayI’m a Former Foster Youth; How a Few Words From My Attorney Changed My Life
My name is Cristal and I am a former foster youth from Bakersfield, California. I spent about 11 years in the Kern...
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1.4KNewsReducing Student Vote Would Hurt Young People’s Well-being, Experts Say
The youth vote took center stage this week when a leaked video showed a Republican activist rejoicing that fewer college students might...
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2.6KNewsHispanic Georgia High School Students Call HoPe Program a ‘Game Changer’ For Them
What started out as an idea scrawled on a fast food napkin 10 years ago has evolved into an after-school program for...
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2.1KFrom the BureausCoronavirus Influencing College Enrollment in Uncertain Times
Frejoel Munoz couldn’t stop smiling as he read the email. “It was such a great moment to know that I got into...
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2.2K► ReportsThe Lasting Benefits of Early College High Schools
The American Institutes for Research provides an overview of key findings from different research projects focused on the efficacy and benefits of...
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2.0K► ReportsWhen Student Loans Linger: Characteristics of Borrowers Who Hold Student Loans over Multiple Decades
A new brief from the Urban Institute discusses student loan borrowers who hold the debt for multiple decades into adulthood, affecting their...
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1.4KGrantsDomestic/Dating and Sexual Violence on Campus Support Services and Prevention Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Safety, Sexual Violence, Domestic Violence, Stalking, Higher Education | Amount: Up to $750,000 | Deadline: Feb. 12, 2020
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1.2KGrantsCollege Student Well-Being Improvement Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Well-Being, College, Campus Health, Safety, Higher Education | Amount: $3,500 | Deadline: Feb. 1, 2020
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4.7KGuest Opinion EssayCollege Students With Homelessness, Foster Care Backgrounds Need Help Building Network
Earlier this year we wrote a column in Youth Today about the barriers faced by college students who had experienced homelessness or...
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3.9KGuest Opinion EssayResearchers, Social Workers, Foster Youth in College Need to Work Together
In the past few years, the pathways and lives of adults with experience in foster care have increasingly been a prominent concern...
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1.7K► ReportsGuns on College Campuses
The Urban Institute explores the effects and reception of the recent Kansas campus carry legislation by collecting data and speaking with higher...
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3.4KNews2 Sisters, 2 Foster Care Tales
Two sisters illustrate two different paths through foster care. Melody McLaurin emancipated herself from foster care at 18 and received benefits from...
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4.0KNewsYouth in Foster Care Navigate Challenges As They Look Toward College
Julia, 16, a high school senior in Alpharetta, Ga., knows where she wants to go to college: It’s Georgia State University in...
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4.6KNewsCampus Coaches Make Crucial Difference to Foster Youth in College
Liz Burns, 22, was in the middle of a crazy-busy time at college. But, for some reason, she couldn’t stop thinking about...
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3.0KGuest Opinion EssayFoster Youth: Campus, Community Interventions Hold Great Potential to Impact Their College Graduation Rates
With growing awareness of the challenges young people with experience in foster care face in accessing and completing college, it is more...
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6.9KGuest Opinion EssayStates Use Tuition Waivers to Support College Enrollment of Youth in Foster Care
More first-generation, low-income students and students of color, including youth in foster care, are enrolling in college than ever before. However, youth...
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4.0KNewsNew Mexico Program for Foster Youth Starts With Basic Needs
It has been a long haul for Melvin Lasiloo to get from where he started to attending community college classes in his...
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4.6KGuest Opinion EssayBetter Supporting Youth Aging Out of Care Would Reap Rewards for All of Us
Imagine we could make sure that every young person transitioning out of foster care was able to graduate from high school and...
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4.0KGuest Opinion EssayCollege Campuses Must Be Redesigned With Foster Youth, Those With Disabilities in Mind
Owing to increased attention during recent decades, few professionals who are interested in the well-being of youth remain unaware of the challenges...
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3.3KNewsSocial Workers, Navigators Help Mississippi Foster Youth Transition To College
By the time she turned 6, Jessica Reese had been sexually abused repeatedly. Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services took Reese and...
