Differences in community colleges' missions: Evidence from California

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-79

  Gill, Andrew M ^a   Leigh, Duane E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; STUDENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57349092436     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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