{"id":11324,"date":"2023-07-14T15:28:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=11324"},"modified":"2023-07-14T20:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T20:28:34","slug":"making-college-accessible-to-foster-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2023\/07\/14\/making-college-accessible-to-foster-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Making College Accessible to Foster Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11325\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11325\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/07\/Tim_and_Students_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/07\/Tim_and_Students_11-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Tim Pippert talking with two students\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/07\/Tim_and_Students_11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/07\/Tim_and_Students_11-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/07\/Tim_and_Students_11-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/07\/Tim_and_Students_11-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/07\/Tim_and_Students_11-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: Madelyne Yang, Donovan Holmes, and Tim Pippert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor Tim Pippert and Madelyne Yang \u201926 were recently interviewed by The Imprint about Augsburg Family Scholars, a program to narrow the opportunity gap for students with foster care backgrounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Augsburg Family Scholars builds on Minnesota\u2019s Fostering Independence Higher Education Grant. This \u201clast dollar\u201d program provides state funding to cover tuition, fees, room and board and other expenses related to the cost of attending college. Pippert told The Imprint that the state grants are \u201ca game changer,\u201d but aren\u2019t enough on their own.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To bridge the gap, Augsburg Family Scholars supplements the state grant with comprehensive academic and community support. Last year, a dozen Augsburg students participated in the program, which provides help moving to campus, laptops, access to year-round housing, a dedicated lounge space on campus, community outings, and more. Pippert, the Joel Torstenson endowed professor of sociology, directs the program and serves as an advisor to the participants, helping them strategize how to navigate the demands of higher education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you\u2019ve made it to college, you\u2019ve overcome so many hurdles already,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you\u2019ve made it this far, it\u2019s our responsibility to help students finish the job and get a degree.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imprintnews.org\/education\/fulfilling-a-dream-making-college-accessible-to-youth-in-foster-care\/242888\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read the full story from The Imprint<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/augsburgfamilyscholars\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">learn more about Augsburg Family Scholars<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Tim Pippert and Madelyne Yang \u201926 were recently interviewed by The Imprint about Augsburg Family Scholars, a program to narrow the opportunity gap for students with foster care backgrounds. Augsburg Family Scholars builds on Minnesota\u2019s Fostering Independence Higher Education Grant. This \u201clast dollar\u201d program provides state funding to cover tuition, fees, room and board &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":569,"featured_media":11325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,7,8],"tags":[4017,2544,4018],"class_list":["post-11324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-in-the-news","category-staff","category-students","tag-augsburg-family-scholars","tag-scholarships","tag-the-imprint"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/569"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11326,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11324\/revisions\/11326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}