The impact of institutional collaborations on the earnings of adult workforce education completers

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-38

  Hawley, Joshua D ^a   Sommers, Dixie ^a   Meléndez, Edwin ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult workforce education; Collaboration; Economics of education; Workforce development

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644504433     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713605280140     Document Type: Review

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