Unmasking the effects of student engagement on first-year college grades and persistence

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 540-563

  Kuh, George D ^a   Cruce, Ty M ^a   Shoup, Rick ^b   Kinzie, Julian ^b   Gonyea, Robert M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 54049083870     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.0.0019     Document Type: Article

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