Tuition rich, mission poor: Nonresident enrollment growth and the socioeconomic and racial composition of public research universities

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 635-673

  Jaquette, Ozan ^a   Curs, Bradley R ^b   Posselt, Julie R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Enrollment management; Organizational behavior; Public universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984820382     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: 15384640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.2016.0025     Document Type: Article

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