Defining and measuring academic success

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1-20

  York, Travis T ^a   Gibson, Charles ^b   Rankin, Susan ^b  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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