If and When Money Matters: The Relationships Among Educational Expenditures, Student Engagement and Students' Learning Outcomes

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-106

  Pike, Gary R ^a   Kuh, George D ^b   McCormick, Alexander C ^b   Ethington, Corinna A ^c   Smart, John C ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Expenditures; Hierarchical models; Learning outcomes; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650522299     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-010-9183-2     Document Type: Article

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