title: The educational experiences of former foster youth three years after discharge.
abstract: This article presents three years of outcome data that describe the educational and vocational experiences of a sample of foster youth discharged from a residential education program (n = 106). Of respondents, 33% were attending college at each of the four data collection points, which was far below the stated aspirations of 80% of the youth to attend college. An additional 10-15% were in a vocational training program. Of the sample, 13% initially entered a four-year college, but it was not possible to confirm whether they continued attending a four-year school for longer than two years. Community college attendees were more likely to remain in school than four-year attendees. The policy and practice implications of these findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: San Diego State University, USA.
authors.forename: Loring P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014829:Vocational Education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult