The impact of mentoring on the success of community college students

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-60

  Crisp, Gloria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 77958051489     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2010.0003     Document Type: Article

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