Predictors of long-term enrollment and degree outcomes for community college students: Integrating academic, psychosocial, socio-demographic, and situational factors

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 750-778

  Porchea, Sameano F ^a   Allen, Jeff ^b   Robbins, Steve ^b   Phelps, Richard P ^c  

^a Assessment Technologies Institute   (United States)

^b Research Division of ACT Inc   (United States)

^c Ulysses S Grant Elementary School   (United States)

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EID: 78651291639     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: 15384640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2010.11779077     Document Type: Article

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