Looking Behind Community College Budgets for Future Policy Considerations

Community College Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-189

  Romano, Richard M ^a,b  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

costs; expenditures; fiscal trends; policy analysis; revenues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860700713     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: 19402325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091552112441824     Document Type: Review

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