Equity and efficiency of community college appropriations: The role of local financing

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-194

  Dowd, Alicia C ^a   Grant, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Cape Cod Community College   (United States)

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EID: 30744478654     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2005.0081     Document Type: Article

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