Institutional context and the development of critical thinking: A research note

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-285

  Hagedorn, Linda Serra ^c   Pascarella, Ernest T ^d   Edison, Marcia ^a   Braxton, John ^b   Nora, Amaury ^d   Terenzini, Patrick T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0032017166     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.1999.0010     Document Type: Article

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