College Freshmen at Risk—Social Problems at Issue: An Exploratory Study of a Texas/Mexico Border Community College*

Cecilia Garza and Michael Landeck

Social Science Quarterly, 2004, vol. 85, issue 5, 1390-1400

Abstract: Objective. The objective of this article is to explore the factors that place college freshmen at risk of dropping classes in mid‐semester. Methods. Data for this study are from interviews done with 283 male students and 281 female students using a questionnaire that was developed from an initial focus group with 130 students. Results. The findings indicate that many of the explanations for dropping a class are not caused by the performance of the faculty member teaching the course and are also not correlated to the lack of institutional commitment to student development. Conclusion. These results suggest that peer influence is strong at the freshman‐college level and that a multitude of problems, many external to academics, is exerting a significant influence on students' decision to withdraw prematurely from college credit courses.

Date: 2004
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