Does the vocational focus of community colleges hinder students educational attainment?

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 499-526

  Roksa, Josipa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745797292     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2006.0038     Document Type: Review

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