Research shows between 10 and 40 percent of enrolled freshmen don’t show up to campus in the fall. It’s a phenomenon known as ‘summer melt.’
Many first-generation or low-income students are confused by financial deadlines and other requirements, and often, they don’t have anyone to ask for help.
Austin Birchell could have been one of those students.
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