at-risk students
Academically endangered pupils
At-risk students are those considered likely to fail academically, drop out, or face other negative educational outcomes.
The label typically applies to students dealing with poverty, unstable home lives, learning disabilities, or behavioral issues: The program targets at-risk students in urban schools.
Schools use the designation to allocate extra resources and intervention services.
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
- fall behindFail to maintain pace
- dropoutOne who quits early
- dropout ratePercentage leaving before completion
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
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- Student Retentiongraduation rates, dropout prevention, academic advising, tutoring, mentoring
- campus populationfreshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, undergraduates
at-risk studentshigh achievers
People who excel greatly
gifted students · honor students · overachievers · valedictorians · AP students
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