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ERIC Number: EJ1338220
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Nov
Pages: 18
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ISSN: EISSN-2330-7269
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Students Who Experienced Foster Care Are on Campus: Are Colleges Ready?
Jones, Sarah E.; Varga, Matthew D.
Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs, v37 n2 p3-19 Nov 2021
Though most youth in the foster care system aspire to attend college, few have the opportunity to do so. For myriad reasons, including lack of historical representation on college campuses, subpar Pk-12 education, and postsecondary barriers to admissions, enrollment, and financial aid, most college students who experienced foster care depart college without earning a degree. As the barriers to college for this population of students emerges, postsecondary institutions are preparing their campuses for students with unique needs. This qualitative study explores how student affairs professionals in one university system support college students previously in foster care. Professionals and teams of professionals working at six different institutions across the university system participated in interviews that emphasized the ways campuses used resources to meet students' hierarchy of needs. Based on the results of this research, student affairs professionals support students' foundational physiological and safety needs in myriad ways. In doing so, student affair professionals add to the motivation necessary for students to move towards belonging, esteem, and actualization.
Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. Digital Commons Office, Zach S. Henderson Library, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30458. e-mail: digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu; Web site: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gcpa/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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