Do Community colleges really divert studens from earning bachelor's degrees?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-30

  Leigh, D E ^a   Gill, A M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand for schooling; Educational economics

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037294643     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(01)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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