General education models: Continuity and change in the U.S. undergraduate curriculum, 1975-2000

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 605-642

  Brint, Steven ^a   Proctor, Kristopher ^a   Murphy, Scott Patrick ^a   Turk Bicakci, Lori ^b   Hanneman, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b American Institutes of Research   (United States)

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EID: 74349109094     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.0.0071     Document Type: Article

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