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Chapter 1 - Exploring the Role of Affordability in First-Year Student Access and Persistence

from Part I - Societal and Demographic Factors Underlying First-Year Student Success

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2017

Robert S. Feldman
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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The First Year of College
Research, Theory, and Practice on Improving the Student Experience and Increasing Retention
, pp. 3 - 31
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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