Contingent Instructors and Student Outcomes: An Artifact or a Fact?

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 761-785

  Johnson, Iryna Y ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College grade performance; Contingent instructors; Cross classified models; Multilevel models; Multiple membership models; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355133512     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-011-9219-2     Document Type: Article

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