The two cultures of undergraduate academic engagement

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 383-402

  Brint, Steven ^a   Cantwell, Allison M ^a   Hanneman, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic engagement; Graduate degree aspirations; Research universities; Student cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 44749087195     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-008-9090-y     Document Type: Article

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