Building a two-way street: Challenges and opportunities for community engagement at research universities

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-106

  Weerts, David J ^a   Sandmann, Lorilee R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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