Evaluating the First Year Experience: Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors

Journal of Advanced Academics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 310-343

  Schrader, P G ^a   Brown, Scott W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 85056704585     PISSN: 1932202X     EISSN: 21629536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4219/jaa-2008-775     Document Type: Article

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