Delicate engagement: The lived experience of community College students enrolled in high-risk online courses

Community College Review

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-238

  Bambara, Cynthia S ^a   Harbour, Clifford P ^b   Davies, Timothy Gray ^c   Athey, Susan ^c  

^a Lord Fairfax Community College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Online courses; Phenomenology; Student success

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149337321     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091552108327187     Document Type: Article

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