Stepping stones to a degree: The impact of enrollment pathways and milestones on community college student outcomes

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 775-801

  Calcagno, Juan Carlos ^a   Crosta, Peter ^a   Bailey, Thomas ^a   Jenkins, Davis ^a  

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

Author keywords

Community college; Discrete time hazard model; Older students

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547140911     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-007-9053-8     Document Type: Article

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