“Do I Have to Take This Class?” Nontraditional Students’ Attitudes Toward and Perceptions of a Required Effective Learning Course

Journal of Continuing Higher Education

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 163-172

  Gordon, Evelyn J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

nontraditional; student success; transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909943088     PISSN: 07377363     EISSN: 19484801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07377363.2014.956029     Document Type: Article

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