Predicting Persistence of Hispanic Students in Their 1st Year of College

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-173

  Otero, Rafael ^a   Rivas, Olivia ^a   Rivera, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanic students; logit model; student persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990345133     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192706298993     Document Type: Article

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