The Impact of Dual Enrollment on College Degree Attainment: Do Low-SES Students Benefit?

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-75

  An, Brian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

accelerated programs; college completion; concurrent enrollment; dual credit; dual enrollment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874213535     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373712461933     Document Type: Article

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