The influence of academic and environmental factors on Hispanic college degree attainment

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-269

  Arbona, Consuelo ^a   Nora, Amaury ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 34147187170     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2007.0001     Document Type: Article

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