Faculty sensemaking and mission creep: Interrogating institutionalized ways of knowing and doing legitimacy

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-209

  Gonzales, Leslie D ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84871458077     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2013.0000     Document Type: Article

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