From Foster Care to College: Barriers and Supports on the Road to Postsecondary Education

Emerging Adulthood

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 227-237

  Rios, Steve J ^a   Rocco, Tonette S ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic success; emerging adults; foster youth; phenomenology; transition to college

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911877684     PISSN: 21676968     EISSN: 21676984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167696814526715     Document Type: Article

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