As president of an institution faced with low retention rates of minority students, the issue of student retention is complicated and complex. Students leave school for many reasons. However, institutional leaders must be strategic in putting systems in place to address this long studied and wide spread issue of low retention and persistence rates of minority students. Tinto (2006) reported that student retention was seen a reflection of students’ lack of skills and motivation. In fact, many of these students were thought to have less ability, and less willingness to invest in benefits that comes with a college degree. But, the research posits that many students leave school for other reasons such as family, lack of funding, taking longer
