Literature review 30 pages in 24 hours

I. Introduction

II. Search Strategy

III. Theoretical Framework

a. Social learning theory

b. Leadership theory

IV. First-Year College Students

a. Challenges faced (English et al., 2017; Sun et al., 2016; Vilatte et al., 2017)

V. Achievement Gap (Jordt et al., 2017)

a. Causes (Reardon, 2013)

b. Effects (Reardon, 2013)

c. Closing the gap (Morris, 2015)

VI. Minority College Students (Baker et al., 2016)

a. Challenges faced (Hinrichs, 2014; Knaggs et al., 2013; Perez-Felkner, 2015; Smith & Beckett, 2017; Williams et al., 2017)

b. Marginalization/Pipeline issues (Blockett et al., 2016; Minefee et al., 2018)

VII. College Dropout

a. Predictors of dropout (Aulck et al., 2017; Mattern et al., 2015)

b. Dropout among minorities (Smith & Beckett, 2017)

VIII. Combatting Dropout

a. Retention strategies for minority college students (Carver et al., 2017; Ferrell et al., 2016; Graham et al., 2016; Hall, 2017; Lichtenstein et al., 2013; Pratt et al., 2017; Wagner, 2015; Wolf et al., 2016)

b. Retention strategies for first-year students (Bar-Am & Arar, 2017; Hawley & Harris, 2006; Lefdahl-Davis et al., 2018; Stewart et al., 2015; Xu, 2016)

IX. Mentorship

a. Mentoring practices for minority college students (Castellanos et al., 2016; Nora & Crisp, 2009; Estepp et al., 2016; Gregg et al., 2016; Hurd et al., 2016; Lisberg & Woods, 2017; Patel et al., 2017; Payton et al., 2013; Prospere, 2018; Snyder et al., 2016; Tovar, 2014)

b. Mentoring first-year college students (Baier, 2017; Dennehy & Dasgupta, 2016; Hurd et al., 2016)

c. Faculty mentors (Baker et al., 2015; Feldon et al., 2014; Morales, 2014; Morales, 2016; Schwartz et al., 2016; Tompkins et al., 2016)

d. Leader mentors (Chang et al., 2014; Schwartz et al., 2016)

X. Summary