How effective are they? Exploring the impact of contingent faculty on undergraduate education

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-123

  Umbach, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 33846152297     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2006.0080     Document Type: Review

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