New learning: Constructing knowledge in leadership training programs

Community College Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 88-112

  Wiessner, Colleen Aalsburg ^a   Sullivan, Leila González ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative knowledge construction; Community colleges; Leadership training; National Community College Hispanic Council; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548539918     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091552107306414     Document Type: Article

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