Financial aid and first-year collegiate GPA: A regression discontinuity approach

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 627-649

  Curs, Bradley R ^a   Harper, Casandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 84863201836     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2012.0040     Document Type: Article

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