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Does Contractual Form Matter?

The Impact of Different Types of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty on College Students’ Academic Outcomes

Florence Xiaotao Ran and Di Xu
Journal of Human Resources, October 2019, 54 (4) 1081-1120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.4.0117.8505R
Florence Xiaotao Ran
Florence Xiaotao Ran is a postdoctoral research associate at the Community College Research Center (CCRC). Di Xu is an assistant professor of Educational Policy and Social Context at the University of California Irvine and a research affiliate at CCRC and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).
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Florence Xiaotao Ran is a postdoctoral research associate at the Community College Research Center (CCRC). Di Xu is an assistant professor of Educational Policy and Social Context at the University of California Irvine and a research affiliate at CCRC and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).
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