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Q&A: Marla Delgado-Guerrero researches mentors’ roles in keeping minority students in college

Along with trying to attract more minority students, colleges and universities are working to keep those students on campus and to motivate them to pursue graduate degrees and careers as professors and administrators. Right in the middle of those efforts at UW-Madison is Marla Delgado-Guerrero, 32, a doctoral candidate in Counseling Psychology at the School of Education, studying ?psychological, social, and cultural factors that influence academic persistence for marginalized communities in higher education.?