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First Generation College Students: Motivation, Integration, and Academic Achievement

Moisés Próspero College of Social Work, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Shetal Vohra-Gupta Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
Pages 963-975 | Published online: 06 Dec 2007

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