Closing the gate: Part-time faculty instruction in gatekeeper courses and first-year persistence

New Directions for Teaching and Learning

Volumn , Issue 115, 2008, Pages 39-53

  Eagan Jr , M Kevin ^a   Jaeger, Audrey J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57249108032     PISSN: 02710633     EISSN: 15360768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tl.324     Document Type: Article

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