Remediation in the community college: An evaluator's perspective

Community College Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-207

  Levin, Henry M ^a   Calcagno, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Community colleges; Program evaluation; Remedial education

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249045506     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091552107310118     Document Type: Article

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