Abstract
1. Why does the first paragraph argue that “communal support” is more important than individual student effort for the academic success of poor and first-generation students of color?
2. If the growing academic success of an individual poor or first-generation student of color actually represents “a collective moving forward” for the student’s racial group and social class, what might make this collective support and collective progress a positive attribute and encouragement for the group and the individual rather than an impossible burden for the individual?
3. Dale Allender mentions names and shares brief details about students who dropped out. In spite of the