From Foster Care to College
Navigating Educational Challenges and Creating Possibilities
$85.22
- Paperback
120 pages
- Release Date
24 October 2024
Summary
How do youth placed in foster care aspire to and access college? This book chronicles the lives and experiences of 47 college students navigating the challenging terrain of the United States’ foster care system. Through insightful, in-depth interviews, Johnson offers insight into the harsh realities of how our nation’s education, welfare, and other social systems often intertwine in ways that diminish the potential and opportunities for these young people. Yet amidst the adversities, these st…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807786062 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0807786063 |
| Author: | Royel M. Johnson |
| Publisher: | Teachers' College Press |
| Imprint: | Teachers' College Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 120 |
| Release Date: | 24 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Multicultural Education Series |
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Critics Review
“Johnson provides recommendations for what should be better and how it can be accomplished…. The book is very accessible for a general audience. Johnson shares his positionality and reactions to the interviews in a humanizing way that makes the stories come alive.”
– “The Review of Higher Education”Royel M. Johnson
Royel M. Johnson is an associate professor and director of the National Assessment of Collegiate Campus Climates in the USC Race and Equity Center in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California.
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