Rethinking tuition effects on enrollment in public four-year colleges and universities

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-237

  Shin, Jung Cheol ^a,c   Milton, Sande ^b  

^a Korean Ministry of Education   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (South Korea)

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EID: 30744434623     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2005.0086     Document Type: Article

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