Roles and competencies of academic counsellors in distance education

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-159

  Mishra, Sanjaya ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Academic counsellors; Competencies; Student support; Tutors

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449722684     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680510500094165     Document Type: Article

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