Costs of attendance and the educational programs of first-time community college students

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 450-459

  Nutting, Andrew W ^a  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Demand for schooling; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; STUDENT;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44049089175     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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