Abstract
This literature review highlights barriers to persistence, retention, and graduation for students of color at institutions of higher learning. Successful strategies, approaches, and initiatives are discussed with consideration to deficit and strengths-based approaches. It is also highlighted that universities may need to address programmatic barriers within the institutions that may exacerbate systemic barriers to success for students of color in higher education.
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MethodThe following literature review begins by outlining opportunity gaps in higher education and considers how universities are addressing these issues
This literature review highlights barriers to persistence, retention, and graduation for students of color at institutions of higher learning
This paper is a literature review concerned with the opportunity gaps to persistence for students of color who are already enrolled in colleges and universities and ways to mediate against these disparities
Summary
The following literature review begins by outlining opportunity gaps in higher education and considers how universities are addressing these issues. We wanted to focus on universities that have shown success in mitigating such barriers and viewed programs at universities in the United States and their associated data. The literature focus was solution-based, looking at whether universities were successful through the use of deficit-based or strengths-based approaches to opportunity gaps
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