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Hallett, Ronald E.; Westland, Melinda A.; Mo, Elaine – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2018
This chapter describes the ways that the trauma of childhood frames the academic, social, and personal lives of many foster youth as they navigate higher education. In particular, we focus on the role of homelessness, social network fragmentation, and abuse and neglect.
Descriptors: Trauma, Foster Care, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1975
The report presents data and discussion on U.S. education across sectors, as well as the work of the Office of Education. Among topics covered are increasing equal opportunity, including desegregation assistance, civil rights advisory services, education of disadvantaged children, grants to local education agencies, migrant children, neglected and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Desegregation, Civil Rights, Disadvantaged Youth