Student Attrition, Retention, and Persistence: The Case of the University of Texas Pan American

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-97

  Salinas, Alfredo ^a   Llanes, Jose R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanic student attrition; persistence; retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992803048     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192702238728     Document Type: Article

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