Research ArticleI. Introduction
Open Access
U.S. Higher Education Effectiveness
Steven Brint, Charles T. Clotfelter
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences April 2016, 2 (1) 2-37; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.1.01
Steven Brint
aDistinguished professor of sociology and public policy at the University of California
Charles T. Clotfelter
bZ. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy, professor of economics and law, and associate dean for academic programs in the Sanford School at Duke University
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U.S. Higher Education Effectiveness
Steven Brint, Charles T. Clotfelter
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Apr 2016, 2 (1) 2-37; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2016.2.1.01
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- PRODUCTION OF RESEARCH AND NEW DOCTORATES
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