The persistence of college students from their freshman to sophomore year

Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 421-436

  Kiser, Angelina I T ^a   Price, Larry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 45849133086     PISSN: 15210251     EISSN: 15414167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/CS.9.4.b     Document Type: Article

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