Proficiency-based admissions

Choosing Students: Higher Education Admissions Tools for the 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 313-330

  Conley, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 34249728564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612533     Document Type: Chapter

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