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Davis, Ryan J. – National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NJ1), 2006
In any given year, there are approximately 800,000 youth in the foster care system. These are young children and adolescents whose parents are deceased or who have been subjected to some form of neglect or abuse. They are considered "wards/dependents of the court" and placed in the foster care system, making them the legal custody of the state.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foster Care, Access to Education, Student Financial Aid
Pfleger, Margo; Yang, David – 1987
The Preparation for American Secondary Schools (PASS) program, added to the federal Overseas Refugee Training Program in 1985, was evaluated for its effectiveness in preparing Southeast Asian refugees for American education. The study compared the school performance of students with PASS training to that of students who did not receive PASS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cambodians, Cultural Awareness, Educational Background