Student Retention is Everybody's Business: Retention of Students of Color Must be Our Mission

Authors

Brenda Vincent Cross, Director of Development, College of Sciences and Arts, Michigan Technological University

Date of this Version

November 2002

Abstract

This presentation addresses issues in the retention of students of color at predominantly white institutions. Participants will receive a bibliography of retention literature, and, after a brief presentation of the literature, will discuss the problems and proposed solutions to the ongoing challenge of minority student attrition.