“…Many scholars have studied factors that predict college enrollment (e.g., Coleman, 1988;Engberg & Wolniak, 2010;Erdman, 1983;Hurtado, Inkelas, Briggs, & Rhee, 1997;Kena et al, 2015;Perna, 2000;Perna, 2006;Perna & Thomas, 2009;Perna & Titus, 2005;Ross et al, 2012). I review predictors of college enrollment and dedicate special attention to barriers that diminish rates of college enrollment for traditionally underrepresented racial and ethnic minority populations.…”