Enrollment, persistence and graduation of in-state students at a public research university: Does high school matter?

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 776-793

  Johnson, Iryna ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College choice; College persistence; Hierarchical linear modeling; Sociological attainment theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349127593     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-008-9105-8     Document Type: Article

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