The Impact of On-campus Student Growth on First-year Student Engagement and Success

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 941-966

  Lanasa, Steven M ^a   Olson, Elizabeth ^a   Alleman, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campus residence; Campus size; First year students; NSSE; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849009612     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-007-9056-5     Document Type: Article

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