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Here's how we can make going to college smoother for students who've been in foster care

  • Written by John R. Seita, Associate Professor of Social Work, Michigan State University
Here's how we can make going to college smoother for students who've been in foster careCan campus-based support programs boost to graduation rates for former foster youth?Shutterstock.com

Young people who’ve been in foster care face some challenging circumstances, but they still hope to go to college just like their peers.

For example, 84 percent of the 17- and 18-year-olds in foster care in one survey indicated that they wanted...

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