Climbing a Broken Ladder: Contributors of College Success for Youth in Foster Care

by Nathanael J. Okpych

Although 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 Ladder advances 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978809174
• ISBN13: 9781978809178
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher