Towards Leveling the Playing Field: Insights on the College-Going Experiences of Foster Care Alumni
Event Type: OCCRL
Participants will:
(a) learn about the status of current research on foster youth;
(b) learn about emergent lines of qualitative inquiry on foster youth;
(c) examine the college-going experiences of foster youth through the lens of various theoretical frameworks
(d) identify areas for future research, policy and practice
Individual Submissions:
- Understanding the Experiences of Foster Youth from a Community Cultural Wealth Perspective - Mauriell H Amechi
- Supports and Hindrances of College-going Foster Youth: Perspectives from Student Affairs Practitioners - Kizzy M. Lopez, California State University, Fresno; Kenyon Lee Whitman, University of San Diego
- Cultivating Social Inclusion: The Role of TRiO Programs in Supporting Foster College Students - Jarrett Gupton, University of Minnesota; Kelly Collins, University of Minnesota
Chair:
Soua Xiong, San Diego State University and Claremont Graduate University
Discussant:
Eboni Zamani-Gallaher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Organizer:
Mauriell H Amechi
Sponsor: Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)