Freshman retention: Examinin a human capital decision with aggregate data

Journal of Marketing for Higher Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 29-44

  Heywood, John S ^a   Marcus, Richard D ^b  

^a Department of Economics ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 84950099781     PISSN: 08841241     EISSN: 15407144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J050v02n01_05     Document Type: Article

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