Broadening predictors of college success

Choosing Students: Higher Education Admissions Tools for the 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 81-105

  Camara, Wayne J ^a  

^a Office of Academic Affairs   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410612533     Document Type: Chapter

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