Predicting college success with high school grades and test scores: Limitations for minority students

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Hoffman, John L ^a,b,c   Lowitzki, Katie E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of High Education and Organizational Leadership ^*

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EID: 22544474175     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2005.0042     Document Type: Article

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