College hopping: Exploring the occurrence, frequency, and consequences of lateral transfer

Community College Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-298

  Bahr, Peter Riley ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Associate's degrees; Attrition; Certificates; College outcomes assessment performance; Departure; Persistence; Retention; Student achievement; Student transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349091114     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091552108330903     Document Type: Article

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