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Understanding the College‐Choice Process
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This chapter summarizes what we have learned regarding the process that students and their families undergo when making decisions about college. It also presents a comprehensive model synthesizing this literature.
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Work values and college major choice
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cabrera, A. F., & La Nasa, S. M.
- Venue
- New Directions for Institutional Research
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2000-09
- Volume
- 2000
- Issue
- 107
- Pages
- 5-22
- ISSN
- 0271-0579 (ISSN-L)
- 1536-075X
- OpenAlex
- W2171373373
- Cited by
- 459
- References
- 34
- FWCI
- 11.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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