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All posts tagged "college"
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3.9KGuest Opinion EssayThe Self-sufficiency of Youth in Care Can Hurt Them in College
Students who have experienced foster care or homelessness are often doing it all: managing complicated and ever-changing family situations, carrying out adult-level...
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4.2KGuest Opinion EssayACEs Research Could Improve College Completion Rates for Foster Care Youth
For the past 13 years I have had the privilege of working with hundreds of students who enroll at our university. It...
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3.4KGuest Opinion EssayWe Must Change the Narrative About College With Youth Who Have Experienced Foster Care
While many high school seniors receive acceptance letters from colleges across the country this spring, young people who have experienced foster care...
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3.2KNewsLGBTQ Youth in Foster Care See Higher Roadblocks Than Others in System
Foster youth who identify as LGBTQ face significantly more hurdles in their educational path, experiencing harassment, homelessness and depression at higher rates,...
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3.5KGuest Opinion EssayRight Relationships Crucial to Help Foster Youth Get Into, Through College
Having relationships with resourceful, knowledgeable individuals is important for the college success of young people with foster care histories. Put more simply,...
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13.6KNewsAs More Schools Aid Foster Students, Data on Results Needed, Researchers Say
Youth in foster care face a multitude of barriers when it comes to higher education. How will they pay for room, board,...
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3.3KNewsCollege Possible Helps Guide Low-income Students to Be First Generation to Reach Higher Education
When Camellia Brown was growing up in Philadelphia, she was an avid reader. She knew she wanted to go to college. But...
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4.2KNewsFormer Foster Youth Working at Louisiana Legislature Help Promote Extending Care
Move over oil and gas power brokers. Take a seat, criminal justice advocates. The most influential lobbyists in Louisiana’s statehouse may be...
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2.5KNewsFoster Students Struggle to Get Financial Aid, Advice for College
“I view myself as a lone wolf. You can be around people but still feel very much alone,” said Gianni Cuevas, who...
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7.6KGuest Opinion EssayYouth in Foster Care Need More Support in Transition to College
Going through the foster care system isn’t easy, but what happens to youth as they begin to transition into life outside foster...
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4.4KGuest Opinion EssayCalifornia Legislation Eases Access to Financial Aid, Support for Foster Students
Young people from foster care face significant challenges when it comes to transitioning into independent adulthood. Research shows that foster youth take...
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3.5KGuest Opinion EssayWe Must Help College Youth in Foster Care By Unearthing the Hard-to-find Resources They Need
Why did no one tell me? I’ve heard this question countless times. The last time it came from one of our foster...
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4.0K► NewsmakersDr. Elizabeth González Named Chief Program & Strategy Officer at College Futures Foundation
Dr. Elizabeth González, Ph.D. has been named chief program and strategy officer of the California-based College Futures Foundation (CFF). González’s career is...
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2.2KNewsSurvivor Groups Fighting Proposed Sexual Assault Guidelines for Colleges
Students, survivor organizations and women’s advocates slammed the changes proposed to Title IX guidelines on how schools and colleges respond to sexual...
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2.3KNewsUndocumented Students Facing Barriers to College Get Stuck in Low-wage Jobs, Report Says
When Mamadou Diakite was a sophomore at a small Georgia public college, he lost his scholarship. Officials from the national science organization...
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1.9KNewsScholarships, Financial Aid Available for Undocumented Students in Some States
Can undocumented students go to college? Yes. No federal law prohibits the admission of undocumented students to U.S. colleges. But misinformation is...
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1.6K► ReportsTransfer and Mobility: A National View of Student Movement in Postsecondary Institutions
Author(s): The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) and the Project on Academic Success (PAS), Indiana University Doug Shapiro – NSCRC Afet...
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3.7KGuest Opinion EssayYouth Need Cash, Not Just Opportunities, to Succeed
In education, we push “college for all” while wearing university swag and celebrating acceptance letters. We spend more time talking about who...
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7.8KGuest Opinion EssayRacial Microaggressions on the College Campus: What Faculty Should Be Doing
Despite an increase in diversity training and sensitivity programs, the instances of racial microaggressions are on the rise. The college campus has...
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1.9KNewsEvent Connects After-school Programs With Colleges
A college fair on Friday in New York City will be a college fair with a difference, bringing together after-school programs with...
