Non-traditional Student Retention: Exploring Perceptions of Support in a Social Work Graduate Program

Social Work Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 256-268

  Casstevens, W J ^a   Waites, Cheryl ^b   Outlaw, Nehal ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Evaluation; Higher Education; Stress; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858181708     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2011.556188     Document Type: Article

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