Baccalaureate attainment and college persistence of community college transfer students at four-year institutions

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 570-588

  Wang, Xueli ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baccalaureate attainment; College persistence; Community college; Community college transfers

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650577178     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-009-9133-z     Document Type: Article

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