By The Imprint Staff Reporters, Photo: Unsplash, The Imprint, January 11, 2022
A new study of young people who have been in foster care and are enrolled at community colleges in Illinois paints a dismal picture of their educational success, and researchers said they would expect similar results if studies were conducted in other states.
Released Monday by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, the study said such youths typically struggled in high school, leaving them ill-prepared for college-level work.
Moreover, they had little professional guidance to help them make the leap to college despite having even greater needs than other students because of the disadvantages they grew up with. In addition, they had little understanding of how financial aid works, making it even harder to finish school.
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