Accounting for student success: An empirical analysis of the origins and spread of state student unit-record systems

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 665-683

  Hearn, James C ^a   McLendon, Michael K ^b   Mokher, Christine G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Database systems; Policy adoption; State policy; Student success

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349171363     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-008-9101-z     Document Type: Article

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