Career goals and retention-related factors among college freshmen

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-30

  Hull Blanks, Elva ^a   Kurpius, Sharon E Robinson ^a   Befort, Christie ^a   Sollenberger, Sonja ^a   Nicpon, Megan Foley ^a   Huser, Laura ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic retention; Career development; Career goals; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744522262     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845305277037     Document Type: Article

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