Skills, access, and ‘basic writing’: A community college case study from the United States

Studies in the Education of Adults

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-18

  Curry, Mary Jane ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956201388     PISSN: 02660830     EISSN: 14789833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02660830.2003.11661471     Document Type: Article

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