Patterns of success: first-year student success in multiple domains

Petrie J. A. C. van der Zanden, Eddie Denessen, Antonius H. N. Cillessen & Paulien C. Meijer To cite this article: Petrie J. A. C. van der Zanden, Eddie Denessen, Antonius H. N. Cillessen & Paulien C. Meijer (2019)

Patterns of success: first-year student success in multiple domains, Studies in Higher Education, 44:11, 2081-2095, DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2018.1493097

To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2018.1493097

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