Community colleges and the workforce investment act: Promises and problems of the new vocationalism
β Scribed by James Jacobs
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Weight
- 44 KB
- Volume
- 2001
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0194-3081
- DOI
- 10.1002/cc.34
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