First things first: Developing academic competence in the first year of college

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-175

  Reason, Robert D ^a   Terenzini, Patrick T ^a   Domingo, Robert J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic competence; College outcomes; College students; First year experience; First year students; Foundations of excellence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644664970     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-005-8884-4     Document Type: Article

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