Effects of a Structured Group Intervention on the Achievement of Academically At-Risk Undergraduates

Journal of College Student Development

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 631-636

  Coleman, Hardin L K ^a   Freedman, Albert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Westtown School   (United States)

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