The Migration of High School Graduates to College

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-213

  Cooke, Thomas J ^a   Boyle, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

college enrollment; migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958116266     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373711399092     Document Type: Article

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