The author used orientational qualitative inquiry to capture advisors' perceptions of students who register late when they enroll in community college. The resulting profile of late-admits developed from semi-structured one-hour interviews with 17 advisors at three community colleges is discussed in relationship to models of attrition developed by Tinto and Bean and Metzner. The advisors' perceptions revealed distinct differences between traditional age (18 to 20) and nontraditional age late-admits.
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