The community college: Educating students at the margin between college and work

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-84

  Kane, Thomas J ^a   Rouse, Cecilia Elena ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0003076897     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.13.1.63     Document Type: Article

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