The demand-response scenario: Perspectives of community college presidents

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 586, Issue , 2003, Pages 38-61

  Gumport, Patricia J ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Postsecondary Improvement   (United States)

Author keywords

Community colleges; Environmental demands; Institutional logic; Presidents; Public higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844498494     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716202250210     Document Type: Article

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