Debt and graduation from american universities

Social Forces

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1133-1155

  Dwyer, Rachel E ^a   Mccloud, Laura ^b   Hodson, Randy ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872576643     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sos072     Document Type: Article

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