Negotiating the freshman year: Challenges and strategies among first-year college students

Journal of College Student Development

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 296-316

  Clark, Marcia Roe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 19744371360     PISSN: 08975264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/csd.2005.0022     Document Type: Review

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