Understanding high school students' willingness to borrow to pay college prices

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 589-606

  Perna, Laura W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

College enrollment; Counseling; Loans

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249109072     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-008-9095-6     Document Type: Article

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