Effectiveness of statewide articulation agreements on the probability of transfer: A preliminary policy analysis

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Anderson, Gregory M ^a   Sun, Jeffrey C ^a,b,c   Alfonso, Mariana ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Department of Educational Leadership ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645276727     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2006.0001     Document Type: Review

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