Differences Between Women and Men in Objectively Measured Outcomes, and the Factors That Influence Those Outcomes, in the First Three Years of College

Journal of College Student Development

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 587-610

  Whitt, Elizabeth J ^a   Marth, Brian P ^b   Pascarella, Ernest T ^a   Pierson, Christopher T ^c   Elkins Nesheim, Becki S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b and Social Sciences   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 2042537965     PISSN: 08975264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/csd.2003.0060     Document Type: Review

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