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References
- ↑ Center for Community College Student Engagement (www.ccsse.org/aboutccsse)
- ↑ Pascarella, E. T., & Terenzini, P. T. (1991). How college affects students: Findings and insights from twenty years of research. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
- ↑ Pascarella, E. T. (1997, January/February). It's time we started paying attention to community college students. About Campus, 14-17.
- ↑ Townsend, B. K., Donaldson, J., & Wilson, T. (2004). Marginal or monumental? Visibility of community colleges in selective higher education journals. Paper presented at the Conference of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges, Minneapolis, MN.
- ↑ American Association of Community Colleges, www.aacc.nche.edu
