Foster Washington knows the odds are against him. The Los Angeles Southwest College student is a 20-year-old from a tough neighborhood in Watts where, he says, there was little encouragement or preparation for college. Recent studies suggest that students such as Washington are the least likely to stay in school, get a degree or transfer to a four-year university, hampering their future job prospects. The class is part of a program geared to young men of color, but nearly all of the 8,000 students at Southwest have unmet social and academic needs. Read more at:
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