Enrolling and supporting foster youth
By: Delores E. McNair, Stacy Heldman-Holguin, editors
Series: New directions for community colleges -- number 181; New directions for community colleges -- no. 181
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2018
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: Foster children; Education
Notes: "Spring 2018."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Improving the postsecondary educational attainment of youth in foster care / Amy Dworsky; title: Challenges in the transition to higher education for foster care youth / Megan Hayes Piel; title: Exploring equity in early postsecondary education / Heather L. Fox, Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher; title: The Fostering Academics Mentoring Excellence program / Angelique Day, Joanne Riebschleger, Jiebing Wen; title: A trauma-informed care approach to supporting foster youth in community college / Ronald E. Hallett, Melinda A. Westland, Elaine Mo; title: Creating a structured support system for postsecondary success / Carol Cutler White; title: The influence of social and family backgrounds on college transition experiences of foster youth / Joaquin Franco, Nathan Durdella; title: Personal perspectives on providing services to foster youth / Kenyon L. Whitman; title: The experiences and insights of one community college foster alum and one community college faculty advocate / Melinda A. Westland, Volena Totten.