CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND FUTURE RESEARCH

Understanding the Working College Student: New Research and Its Implications for Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 283-307

  Perna, Laura W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 85166119809     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781003448495-18     Document Type: Chapter

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