Does state funding affect graduation rates at public four-year colleges and universities?

Educational Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 714-731

  Zhang, Liang ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduation rate; Higher education; State funding

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349103687     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904808321270     Document Type: Article

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