Maximizing What Students Get Out of College: Testing a Learning Productivity Model

Journal of College Student Development

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-203

  Hu, Shouping ^a   Kuh, George D ^b  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0141531087     PISSN: 08975264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/csd.2003.0016     Document Type: Article

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