Older adults in community colleges: Choices, attitudes, and goals

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 757-776

  Laanan, Frankie Santos ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0242660142     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/716100372     Document Type: Article

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