Characteristics of extenders: Full-time students who take light credit loads and graduate in more than four years

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-68

  Volkwein, James Fredericks ^a   Lorang, Wendell G ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030078467     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01680041     Document Type: Article

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