Is there such a thing as too much of a good thing when it comes to education? Reexamining first generation student success

Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-317

  D'Allegro, Mary Lou ^a   Kerns, Stefanie ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78149264474     PISSN: 15210251     EISSN: 15414167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/CS.12.3.c     Document Type: Article

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