The development and validation of an instrument assessing student-institution fit

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1104-1122

  Denson, Nida ^a   Bowman, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic at risk students; academic engagement; psychometrics; retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945115229     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2014.970513     Document Type: Article

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