Developing social and personal competence in the first year of college

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-299

  Reason, Robert D ^a   Terenzini, Patrick T ^a   Domingo, Robert J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34147169101     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2007.0012     Document Type: Article

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