higher education

Texas lawmakers have invested $3 million in a project to ready former foster youth for college with a year-round hotline and help center. 

Higher education difficulties among foster youth can be due to lack of help navigating the academic world, writes Cherokee Ramirez-Baez.

There is an unfair pressure put upon aging-out foster youth to achieve a four-year degree without the means of stability, writes Loe Renee.

We’re expected to succeed in college and succeed in our careers, but who is helping us?, writes Brandy Harvey.

A popular college aid program for Minnesota foster youth received a one-year reprieve after young people showed up en masse at the Capitol.

The academic journey for foster youth is fraught with challenges that extend far beyond the classroom, writes Arianna Henry.

Due to high demand, a college grant program in Minnesota that eliminates cost barriers for former foster youth may have to place prospective students on waiting lists.

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New funding in Minnesota will help about 500 foster youth cover the cost of college tuition, fees, room and board and other living expenses.