What Is Academic Momentum? And Does It Matter?

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-44

  Attewell, Paul ^a   Heil, Scott ^a   Reisel, Liza ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

college; degree completion; momentum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857438774     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373711421958     Document Type: Article

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