Impacts of good practices on cognitive development, learning orientations, and graduate degree plans during the first year of college

Journal of College Student Development

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-383

  Cruce, Ty M ^a,e   Wolniak, Gregory C ^b   Seifert, Tricia A ^c   Pascarella, Ernest T ^c,d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Human Capital Research Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Department of Higher Education ^*

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746605316     PISSN: 08975264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/csd.2006.0042     Document Type: Article

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