How much do students learn in college? Cross-sectional estimates using the college BASE

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 565-583

  Flowers, Lamont ^a   Osterlind, Steven J ^a   Pascarella, Ernest T ^a   Pierson, Christopher T ^a  

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EID: 0035457635     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2001.11777114     Document Type: Article

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