The Deconstructive Approach to Understanding Community College Students' Pathways and Outcomes

Community College Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-153

  Bahr, Peter Riley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

outcomes of education; research methods; student enrollment patterns; student experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874272103     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: 19402325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091552113486341     Document Type: Article

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