An examination of post-secondary retention and graduation among foster care youth enrolled in a four-year university

Angelique Day, Amy Dworsky, Kieran Fogarty and Amy Damashek

Children and Youth Services Review, 2011, vol. 33, issue 11, 2335-2341

Abstract: This study uses administrative data from Michigan State University to examine whether students who are former foster youth are more likely to drop out of college than low-income, first generation students who had not been in foster care. Former foster youth were significantly more likely to drop out before the end of their first year (21% vs. 13%) and prior to degree completion (34% vs. 18%) than their non-foster care peers. This difference remained significant even after controlling for gender and race.

Keywords: Foster youth; Transition to adulthood; Post-secondary education; College retention and graduation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.08.004

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