No college student left behind: The influence of financial aspects of a state's higher education policy on college completion

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Titus, Marvin A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645796678     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2006.0018     Document Type: Review

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