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Information Networks and Integration: Institutional Influences on Experiences and Persistence of Beginning Students

By Melinda Mechur Karp & Katherine L. Hughes
This article explores the ways that information networks are related to student persistence in the community college and how institutional structures can encourage such networks. The article was published in New Directions for Community Colleges, vol. 2008, issue 144.
  • Student Persistence in Community Colleges

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December 2008

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