Family Bonding with Universities

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 641-658

  Meer, Jonathan ^a   Rosen, Harvey S ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Alumni; Donations; Family; Legacies; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956873975     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-010-9174-3     Document Type: Article

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