Cựu Thanh Niên Từ Chương Trình Nuôi Dưỡng và Giáo Dục Đại Học: Một Nghiên Cứu Mô Tả về Thành Tựu Sau Trung Học của Những Thanh Niên Trong Chương Trình Nuôi Dưỡng tại Texas

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal - Tập 36 - Trang 399-408 - 2018
Toni Watt1, Monica Faulkner2, Sheila Bustillos3, Elissa Madden4
1Texas State University, San Marcos, USA
2University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
3Texas Women’s University, Denton, USA
4Baylor University, Waco, USA

Tóm tắt

Vào năm 1993, Texas đã trở thành một trong những tiểu bang đầu tiên thông qua chế độ miễn giảm học phí và phí cho những thanh niên từng sống trong môi trường nuôi dưỡng. Trong nghiên cứu hiện tại, chúng tôi đã xem xét những thành tựu sau trung học của một nhóm thanh niên nuôi dưỡng tại Texas. Những thanh niên từng được nuôi dưỡng đã được theo dõi từ độ tuổi 18 đến 24. Dữ liệu học tập cho thấy chỉ có 1.5% thanh niên nhận bằng cử nhân và 2% nhận bằng cao đẳng hoặc chứng chỉ, mặc dù đã có chế độ miễn giảm học phí và phí. Mặc dù chúng tôi không thể đánh giá được mối liên hệ nguyên nhân, nhưng dữ liệu mô tả của chúng tôi chỉ ra rằng chế độ miễn giảm có thể mang lại lợi ích tiềm năng về số lượng đăng ký, tỷ lệ giữ chân và tốt nghiệp sau trung học. Tuy nhiên, kết quả cho thấy một tỷ lệ đáng kể thanh niên được giải phóng khỏi môi trường nuôi dưỡng khi đăng ký vào trường cao đẳng (là đối tượng đủ điều kiện miễn phí), không sử dụng chế độ miễn giảm (46%). Ngoài ra, tỷ lệ tốt nghiệp của những người nhận miễn giảm, mặc dù cao hơn so với những người không nhận, vẫn thấp. Những phát hiện từ nghiên cứu cho thấy rằng chế độ miễn giảm có thể là một chiến lược khả thi để thúc đẩy giáo dục đại học cho những thanh niên trong chương trình nuôi dưỡng. Tuy nhiên, để cải thiện đáng kể các kết quả sau trung học cho những thanh niên nuôi dưỡng, luật học phí cần phải được bổ sung bằng các sáng kiến được thiết kế đặc biệt nhằm thúc đẩy việc sử dụng chế độ miễn giảm cũng như giữ chân và tốt nghiệp tại trường cao đẳng.

Từ khóa

#chương trình nuôi dưỡng #giáo dục đại học #thành tựu học tập #tỷ lệ tốt nghiệp #miễn giảm học phí

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Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Tập 36

399-408

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