The GPA perspective: Influences, significance, and sacrifices of students

Youth and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 451-469

  Rabow, Jerome ^a   Choi, Hee Jin ^a   Purdy, Darcy ^a  

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EID: 0032093333     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118x98029004003     Document Type: Review

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