Assessment, knowledge, and customer service: Contextualizing faculty work at for-profit colleges and universities

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 287-307

  Lechuga, Vicente M ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 41849135413     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2008.0004     Document Type: Review

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