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Risk And Protective Factors Associated With Academic Achievement Among Ghanaian Youth, Ziblim Abukari
Risk And Protective Factors Associated With Academic Achievement Among Ghanaian Youth, Ziblim Abukari
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Young people in Ghana who grow up in poverty and to families with little or no education endure limited early learning opportunities, underfunded educational systems, and more health and mental health problems compared to their peers from more privileged backgrounds. A significant body of literature addressing the relationship among risk, protection, resilience and academic achievement is based on youth populations in North America and Western Europe. Relatively little is known about the applicability of ecological and risk and resilience frameworks in non-Western countries. Consequently, educational outcomes of young people in Ghana are often characterized by similarities in low achievement, lack …
Staying On Course: The Effects Of Savings And Assets On The College Progress Of Young Adults, Sondra G. Beverly, William Elliott Iii
Staying On Course: The Effects Of Savings And Assets On The College Progress Of Young Adults, Sondra G. Beverly, William Elliott Iii
Center for Social Development Research
Staying on Course: The Effects of Savings and Assets on the College Progress of Young Adults
Assets And Liabilities, Race/Ethnicity, And Children's College Education, Min Zhan, Michael Sherraden
Assets And Liabilities, Race/Ethnicity, And Children's College Education, Min Zhan, Michael Sherraden
Center for Social Development Research
Assets and Liabilities, Race/Ethnicity, and Children's College Education
Characteristics Of Foster Children Who Graduate High School And Those Who Do Not, Veronica Jacques Haro
Characteristics Of Foster Children Who Graduate High School And Those Who Do Not, Veronica Jacques Haro
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics which impede foster youth from achieving academic success in high school. Several of the characteristics which impede them from attaining their high school diploma are dependent on how many times they have changed placements. Moving to a new placement not only affects a foster youth's academic records and grades but it also affects their emotional stability.