Is student-right-to-know all you should know? An analysis of community college graduation rates

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 491-519

  Bailey, Thomas ^a   Calcagno, Juan Carlos ^a   Jenkins, Davis ^a   Leinbach, Timothy ^a   Kienzl, Gregory ^a  

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

Author keywords

Accountability measures; Community college; Institutional graduation rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646483180     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-005-9005-0     Document Type: Article

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