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A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY:
THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF FORMER FOSTER YOUTH
ATTENDING A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
by
Dora Yiu Lam Lee
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2010
Copyright 2010 Dora Yiu Lam Lee
Object Description
| Title | A phenomenological study: the lived experience of former foster youth attending a four-year college in Southern California |
| Author | Lee, Dora Yiu Lam |
| Author email | doralee@csupomona.edu; doralee@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-01-12 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-01-28 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Baca, Reynaldo |
| Advisor (committee member) |
McCroskey, Jacquelyn Jun, Alexander |
| Abstract | This qualitative study examined the lived experience of eight individuals attending a four-year college who were all part of a campus support program for former foster youth. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand and explore the lived experiences of these unique college students that have gone through the foster care system. This study gives voice to a community of students that not only survived various forms of abuse and/or neglect during their childhood, they negate the nation’s trend of low high school graduation rates and low college attendance rates among former foster youth. These students are success stories.; The phenomenon of being a foster youth is told through the students’ narratives. The narratives convey stories about their experiences in foster care system, their journey as foster youths and how they came about being one of the few that made it into college. Twelve themes summarizing their collective experience emerged from the student narratives: Feeling Alone, Wanting to Be Normal, Growing Up Fast, Powerless, Missing Links, Social Worker(s), That One Person, Summer Bridge, RS Program, Turning 21, Not Wanting to be Like Parent(s) and Giving Back. |
| Keyword | foster care; higher education; phenomenology; child welfare; access to higher education; foster youth; student support; lived experience; college |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2817 |
| Rights | Lee, Dora Yiu Lam |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Lee-3456 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Lee-3456.pdf |
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| Full text | A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY: THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF FORMER FOSTER YOUTH ATTENDING A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA by Dora Yiu Lam Lee A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2010 Copyright 2010 Dora Yiu Lam Lee |
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