College on credit: A multilevel analysis of student loan default

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 169-195

  Hillman, Nicholas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84887596745     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2014.0011     Document Type: Article

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