Recent and anticipated changes in postsecondary admissions: A survey of New England colleges and universities

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Sireci, Stephen G ^a   Zanetti, Mary L ^b   Berger, Joseph B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037359010     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2003.0001     Document Type: Article

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