The campus issue I chose to focus on is student retention and how it correlates with the socio-economic status of the student. I chose this topic and study group because it is very closely related to the field I currently work in, and I can get some hand on experiences while working through this semester. I currently work for the Student Success and Persistence department where we work towards helping student retention campus wide for first year college students. Since I work at a community college a vast majority of our students are nontraditional and are not straight out of high school. I feel this will be a great learning experience for me in this course, and in the professional field. Recently, we started a FAST program where students
