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Emerging adults who do or do not attend college: Exploration of their violence/harassment experiences as high school seniors
Victimization/perpetration (V/P) of interpersonal violence/harassment experienced by high school seniors prior to attending or not attending college...
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Social Forces, Social Justice, and School Attendance Problems in Youth
School attendance and completion are significant indicators of health and positive psychosocial development in children and adolescents. School...
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Exploring the Character of Student Persistence in Higher Education: The Impact of Perception, Motivation, and Engagement
This chapter begins with an overview of what we know about rates of college persistence and completion in the United States; what they are for...
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Meeting the Mental Health Needs of College Students with a Background in Foster Care
Many colleges and universities are creating campus-based programs to support students with a background in foster care. When considering the...
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Mixed Methods Evaluation of Two Georgia College Campus Support Programs for Students with Experience in Foster Care
A large and growing number of colleges and universities have invested in the development of campus support programs (CSPs) that specifically aim to...
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Returning From Atheism During the College Years
Young adults are increasingly rejecting religion in favor of various forms of disbelief, including atheism and agnosticism. Many religious leaders...
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The Relationship Between Financial Aid and Postsecondary Completion Among Youth Formerly in Foster Care
Students with a foster care background experience significant disparity in enrollment and postsecondary completion when compared to their peers...
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Do Education and Training Vouchers Make a Difference for Youth in Foster Care?
Each year, approximately 20,000 youth in foster care transition to adulthood and independent living. A majority of these young people want to pursue...
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College as a Developmental Context for Emerging Adulthood in Autism: A Systematic Review of What We Know and Where We Go from Here
Autistic individuals often struggle to successfully navigate emerging adulthood (EA). College is an increasingly common context in which individuals...
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“I Needed to Aim Higher:” Former Foster Youths’ Pathways to College Success
Although former foster youth desire to pursue higher education, childhood trauma and educational instability, among other experiences, contribute to...
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Handbook of Research on Student Engagement
The second edition of the handbook reflects the expanding growth and sophistication in research on student engagement. Editorial scope and coverage...
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Efficacy and Implementation of Stress-Reduction Interventions for Underserved Families of Autistic Preschoolers Across In-Person and Virtual Modalities
ObjectivesParents of autistic children experience elevated stress relative to parents of children with neurotypical development and children with...
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The Relationship Between Religiosity and Marriage From Emerging to Established Adulthood
This investigation examined the relationship between religiosity and marriage across a period of life marked by the transition from emerging...
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Everything My Asian Immigrant Parents Taught Me Turns Out to Be Wrong
Frank H. Wu, President of Queens College, argues that Asian Americans who wish to attain leadership roles should adapt. He considers the...
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Impacts on Students, Teachers and Education Delivery
This chapter investigates the impact of the pandemic on the delivery of education services which were disrupted at all levels of education globally...
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Resilience and Self-Control Impairment
This chapter focuses on resilience in relation to self-control—within the context of impulsivity and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)....
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Hope and Student Engagement: Keys to School Success
A number of psychological factors contribute to students’ capacity to access and benefit from instruction. These include motivation, self-efficacy,...
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Life Course Transitions and Educational Trajectories: Examining Adolescents who Fall off Track Academically
Educational interventions typically center on youth displaying early academic risk, potentially overlooking those falling off track academically...
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In Their Footsteps or Shadow? Gender Differences in Choosing a STEM Major as a Function of Sibling Configuration and Older Sibling’s Gender and Math Ability
Although the association between siblings’ compositional characteristics and educational performance has been extensively studied, the question of...
