Diverse information-gathering methods in the postsecondary decision-making process

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-198

  Hamrick, Florence A ^b   Hossler, Don ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030541876     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.1996.0029     Document Type: Article

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