Evaluating academic challenge beyond the NSSE

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-146

  Payne, Stephen L ^c   Kleine, Karynne L M ^c   Purcell, Jim ^a,b   Carter, Ginger Rudeseal ^c  

^a GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State System Research   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Academic challenge; Assessment; National Survey of Student Engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544435844     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-005-5015-2     Document Type: Review

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