Step to college: Moving from the high school career academy through the 4-year university

Evaluation Review

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 619-654

  Maxwell, Nan L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; CAREER MOBILITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0035657082     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X0102500603     Document Type: Article

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