Income and financial aid effects on persistence and degree attainment in public colleges

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 12, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Dowd, Alicia C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 3042611955     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v12n21.2004     Document Type: Article

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