Can a Summer Bridge Program Impact First-Year Persistence and Performance?: A Case Study of the New Start Summer Program

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 481-498

  Cabrera, Nolan L ^a   Miner, Danielle D ^a   Milem, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; First generation students; First year GPA; First year retention; Low income students; Racial minority students; Summer bridge programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880703523     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-013-9286-7     Document Type: Article

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