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This chapter presents the college departure narratives of those who did not graduate from their GLCA institution. Finances, military service, and marriage were among the major contributors to attrition. These factors illustrate the ways in which these small, private colleges were very reliant on a traditional model for college enrollment and the differing effects of gender on these students’ opportunities to complete their college degrees.
These five narratives from six participants are organized by years of attendance, beginning with the earliest matriculates.
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Stewart, DL. (2017). Roadblocks and Detours. In: Black Collegians’ Experiences in US Northern Private Colleges. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59077-0_7
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