Relative success? Determinants of college graduation rates in public and private colleges in the U.S.

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-279

  Scott, Marc ^a   Bailey, Thomas ^b   Kienzl, Greg ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

College performance; Educational economics; Efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644914530     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-005-9388-y     Document Type: Article

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