Goals of college students: some gender differences

College Student Journal, Dec, 2003 by Deborah Abowitz, David Knox

Endnotes

(1.) Acknowledgements: for their invaluable assistance in administering the survey on campus, the authors would like to thank (in alphabetical order): Dana C. Jensen, Alexis C. Kaufmann, Krista M. McCabe and Spring C. Potoczak. And for his help in conducting the literature review, the authors would like to express their appreciation to Bill Robbins.

(2.) E-mail reprint requests to Deborah Abowitz at dabowitz@bucknell.edu.

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DEBORAH ABOWITZ

Bucknell University (2)

DAVID KNOX

East Carolina University