Predictors of Student Commitment at Two-Year and Four-Year Institutions

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Strauss, Linda C ^a   Volkwein, J Fredericks ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842592044     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2004.11778903     Document Type: Review

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