Young People and Parenting Obligations of the State: Implications for Higher Education in Australia

by Elizabeth Knight and Emma Colvin

This book explores how the increasing need for specific kinds of parental engagement impacts care-experienced young peoples' trajectories. Previous Australian studies have found that care-experienced young people demonstrate poorer outcomes in health, education, and the criminal justice system throughout their life course. However, this multi-layered case study is the first to specifically address barriers in obtaining higher education-an effective...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031382846
• ISBN13: 9783031382840
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"