Disciplinary Categories, Majors, and Undergraduate Academic Experiences: Rethinking Bok's "Underachieving Colleges" Thesis

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-25

  Brint, Steven ^a   Cantwell, Allison M ^a   Saxena, Preeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic disciplines; Educational experiences; Research universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855440546     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-011-9227-2     Document Type: Article

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