The current status of assessment in sociology departments

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 391-402

  Weiss, Gregory L ^a  

^a ROANOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0036803887     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3211500     Document Type: Article

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