UCLA Community College Review: Campus Environment: A Missing Link in Studies of Community College Attrition

Community college review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 60-80

  Schuetz, Pam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84993811885     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009155210503200405     Document Type: Review

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