The promises and pitfalls of measuring community college quality

RSF

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 174-190

  Kurlaender, Michal ^a   Carrell, Scott ^a   Jackson, Jacob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Senator Office Building   (United States)

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EID: 84994398235     PISSN: 23778253     EISSN: 23778261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7758/rsf.2016.2.1.08     Document Type: Article

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