Adult-centered practices: Benchmarking study in higher education

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 165-181

  Mancuso, Susan ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult education; Benchmarking; Student centeredness

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544467387     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007647531576     Document Type: Article

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