Something to fall back on: Community colleges as a safety net

Social Forces

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 853-877

  Kalogrides, Demetra ^a   Grodsky, Eric ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 80051634420     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2011.0019     Document Type: Article

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