Are the Effects of Student-Faculty Interaction Dependent on Academic Major? An Examination Using Multilevel Modeling

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 589-615

  Kim, Young K ^a   Sax, Linda J ^b  

^a AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic majors; Cognitive skills development; Departmental climate; Multilevel models; Student faculty interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960575321     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-010-9209-9     Document Type: Article

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