College knowledge of 9th and 11th grade students: Variation by school and state context

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 663-685

  Bell, Angela D ^a   Rowan Kenyon, Heather T ^b   Perna, Laura W ^c  

^a West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 74349098441     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.0.0074     Document Type: Article

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