Assessing student collegiate experience: Where do we begin?

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 525-538

  Cheng, David X ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 38849121423     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930120093869     Document Type: Article

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