Introduction: The Challenges of Comparative State-Level Higher Education Policy Research

State Postsecondary Education Research: New Methods to Inform Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 1-10

  Heller, Donald E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85145817138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781003447092-1     Document Type: Editorial

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