College Pathways

Research & Development Committee-Sponsored Projects

Title Pathways to College: Understanding the Psychosocial and System-Related Factors that Contribute to College Enrollment and Attendance Among Emancipated Foster Youth

Principal Investigator(s): Alice Hines and Joan Merdinger

School: San Jose State University

Project Goal: To investigate the individual, system-related, and county-specific resources that enabled youth who have emancipated from the foster care system to achieve educational success by planning for and enrolling in college.

Project Duration: 15 months

Project Status: Completed

Project Outcomes: Curriculum: "Pathways to College: Understanding the Psychosocial and System-Related Factors that Contribute to College Enrollment and Attendance Among Emancipated Foster Youth" developed by Marty Tweed and Joan Merdinger. It presents the current research on former foster youth with an ultimate goal of improving service delivery for this special population.

Last updated: January 26, 2007

	Research & Development Committee-Sponsored Projects

Title	Pathways to College: Understanding the Psychosocial and System-Related Factors that Contribute to College Enrollment and Attendance Among Emancipated Foster Youth
Principal Investigator(s):	Alice Hines and Joan Merdinger
School:	San Jose State University
Project Goal:	To investigate the individual, system-related, and county-specific resources that enabled youth who have emancipated from the foster care system to achieve educational success by planning for and enrolling in college.
Project Duration:	15 months
Project Status:	Completed
Project Outcomes:	Curriculum: "Pathways to College: Understanding the Psychosocial and System-Related Factors that Contribute to College Enrollment and Attendance Among Emancipated Foster Youth" developed by Marty Tweed and Joan Merdinger. It presents the current research on former foster youth with an ultimate goal of improving service delivery for this special population.