Sponsored Research Versus Graduating Students? Intervening Variables and Unanticipated Findings in Public Research Universities

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-81

  Kim, Mikyong Minsun ^a   Rhoades, Gary ^b   Woodard Jr , Dudley B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduation rate; Persistence; Sponsored research monies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347755135     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021365528640     Document Type: Article

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