Classrooms as communities: Exploring the educational character of student persistence

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages

  Tinto, Vincent ^a  

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EID: 0031281558     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2959965     Document Type: Article

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