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- ↑ "Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (3/4/2016)". 28 February 2016.
- ↑ Berrett, Dan (18 November 2013). "Co-Author of 'Academically Adrift,' Richard Arum, Joins Gates Foundation". Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ↑ SSRC Education Research Program. "Learning in Higher Ed: Projects" . Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ↑ Carey, Kevin (18 January 2011). "'Trust Us' Won't Cut It Anymore". Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ↑ SSRC Education Research Program. "Learning in Higher Ed: Academically Adrift" . Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ↑ University of Chicago Press. Aspiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates. University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ↑ University of Virginia, Department of Sociology. "Current Faculty: Josipa Roksa" . Retrieved 26 June 2014.
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