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I have found that academic challenges that foster teenage encounters during their education have been widely reported. The lesser known is the reason why so few young alumni who want a four-year bachelor's degree, achieve this goal. For participants in this four-year longitudinal study, maltreatment, resulting in the placement of foster care, and exposure to the foster care system, resulted in a history of trauma and mental health diagnosis. Of those who studied, nearly half graduated from college, the third came out, and only two remained enrolled.

And for those who suffer from depression, all participants also experience anxiety. When considering pursuing a bachelor's degree, nearly half graduate with a bachelor's degree, about a third drop out of school, and some participants are still enrolled in the same university as those who are enrolled as new students. Of those who graduated, a large number were present at private colleges.