at-risk student retention

The purpose of this exploratory, qualitative study was to document and describe the lived experiences of high-achieving, low-income (HALI) freshman community college students as they related to their

Latino students have one of the highest high school dropout rates of any minority group, and very few of them likely continue on to college after graduating from high school.

Throughout the process of schooling from elementary through the end of high school; several points exist when students disengage from the process leading to dropout.