Latent postsecondary persistence pathways: Educational pathways in American two-year colleges

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-336

  Nathan Marti, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community college; Engagement; Latent trajectories; Pathways; Persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 41249085299     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-007-9083-2     Document Type: Article

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