Methods for gauging the target populations that community colleges serve

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-67

  Santibáñez, Lucrecia ^a   Gonzalez, Gabriella ^b   Morrison, Peter A ^a   Carroll, Stephen J ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

College; Education; Enrollment; Equity; Minority

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; POPULATION GROWTH; STUDENT;

EID: 34147150247     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-007-9020-2     Document Type: Article

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