Higher education journals' discourse about adult undergraduate students

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-50

  Donaldson, Joe F ^a   Townsend, Barbara K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 33947212017     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.2007.0001     Document Type: Review

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