"Who shall be educated?" The case of restricting remediation at the City University of New York

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 174-192

  Richardson, Jeanita W ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Liberal Arts and Education   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CUNY; Educational access; Educational policy; Higher education; Remediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 13244291468     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124504271987     Document Type: Article

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