"What's too much and what's too little?": The process of becoming an independent researcher in doctoral education

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 326-350

  Gardner, Susan K ^a  

^a University in Maine   (United States)

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EID: 44349086297     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.0.0007     Document Type: Article

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