ERIC Review: Learning Communities at the Community College

Community College Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 46-63

  Minkler, James E ^a  

^a Humanities and Social Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 84993682644     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009155210203000304     Document Type: Review

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