Honors education and the prospects for academic reform

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-168

  Dennison, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic reform; Faculty and student engagement; Honors education

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249104468     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-008-9073-0     Document Type: Article

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