Meeting the 2020 american graduation initiative (AGI) goal of increasing postsecondary graduation rates and completions: A macro perspective of community college student educational attainment

Community College Journal of Research and Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 202-219

  Kotamraju, Pradeep ^a   Blackman, Orville ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b Kosair Charities College of Health and Natural Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 79551705925     PISSN: 10668926     EISSN: 15210413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2010.526045     Document Type: Article

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