Can community colleges protect both access and standards? The problem of remediation

Teachers College Record

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-373

  Perin, Dolores ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33645297109     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2006.00654.x     Document Type: Review

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