Nontraditional Student Perceptions of Collegiate Inclusion

Journal of Continuing Higher Education

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 30-41

  Witkowsky, Patricia ^a   Mendez, Sylvia ^a   Ogunbowo, Oluwafolakemi ^a   Clayton, Grant ^a   Hernandez, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

inclusiveness; nontraditional students; validation theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961279138     PISSN: 07377363     EISSN: 19484801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07377363.2016.1130581     Document Type: Article

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