Community college faculty: What we know and need to know

Community College Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-24

  Twombly, Susan ^a   Townsend, Barbara K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum and instruction; Quantitative methods; Research methods; Student outcomes assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949197876     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091552108319538     Document Type: Review

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