Success in Community College: Do Institutions Differ?

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 805-824

  Clotfelter, Charles T ^a   Ladd, Helen F ^a   Muschkin, Clara G ^a   Vigdor, Jacob L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community colleges; Institutional measures; Performance metrics; Student success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885927825     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-013-9295-6     Document Type: Article

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