High anxiety is coursing through public colleges and universities these days. Federal funds for programs that serve first-generation college goers and minority students are on hold.
College counselors know it as the tipping point', that period between a student's first and second year, when drop out rates historically increase.
"When I entered college I was this shy little kid."
Corbin Sonneman will start his second year at Pierce College Fort Steilacoom next month. He credits the school's Student Support Services program with helping him stay in school.