Degree Progress of Women Doctoral Students: Factors that Constrain, Facilitate, and Differentiate

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Maher, Michelle A ^a   Ford, Martin E ^b,c   Thompson, Candace M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Department of Education ^*

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842733164     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2004.0003     Document Type: Review

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