The Motivations of First-Semester Hispanic Two-Year College Students

Community College Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 18-34

  Santos, Minerva ^a  

^a HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84993683756     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009155210403200302     Document Type: Article

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