Academic performance of transfer versus "native" students in a wildlife Bachelor of Science program

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1021-1026

  Ditchkoff, Stephen S ^a,b,c,d   Laband, David N ^a,e   Hanby, Kent ^a,f,g  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g AL Dept of Conserv and Nat Rsrc

Author keywords

Academics; Bachelor of Science; Grade point average; Transfer student; Undergraduate; University; Wildlife sciences curriculum

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT;

EID: 1642424206     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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