The impact of undergraduate debt on the graduate school enrollment of STEM baccalaureates

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-305

  Malcom, Lindsey E ^a   Dowd, Alicia C ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 82255163787     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2012.0007     Document Type: Article

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