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The Art of Retention: A Phenomenological Study Exploring Lived Experiences that Contribute to Hispanic, First-Generation, Freshman Students' Persistence at a Community College in the Southwest
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Dora M. Perez – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The prevailing view of student retention has been shaped by theories that view student attrition through the lens of institutional action or inaction and less on the student's situation or college experiences. Students seek to persist and graduate, however obstacles get in their way. More than half of all student attrition takes place in the first…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, College Freshmen, Hispanic American Students, Academic Persistence