Understanding how first-year seminars affect persistence

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-109

  Porter, Stephen R ^a   Swing, Randy L ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brevard College   (United States)

Author keywords

Course content; First year seminars; Logistic regression; Multilevel models; Persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 32544460392     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-005-8153-6     Document Type: Review

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