Predictors of academic success and failure in a pharmacy professional program

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-289

  Houglum, Joel E ^a,b   Aparasu, Rajender R ^a   Delfinis, Teresa M ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SDSU ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Academic failure; Academic success; American College Test (ACT); Grade point average; Pharmacy students

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644442801     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj690343     Document Type: Article

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