Persistence: Helping Adult Education Students Reach Their Goals

Review of Adult Learningand Literacy: VOLUME 7: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice

Volumn 7, Issue , 2023, Pages 23-46

  Comings, John P ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781003417996-2     Document Type: Chapter

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