An examination of costs at four-year public colleges and universities between 1989 and 1998

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Harter, John F R ^a   Wade, John A ^a   Watkins, Thomas G ^a  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 15944424366     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2005.0011     Document Type: Article

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