Upwardly mobile: Attitudes toward the class transition among first-generation college students

Journal of College Student Development

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 285-299

  Hinz, Serena E ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 84964253413     PISSN: 08975264     EISSN: 15433382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/csd.2016.0033     Document Type: Article

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