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- ↑ "About the College of Continuing and Professional Studies - College of Continuing & Professional Studies". Ccaps.umn.edu. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ↑ "Presidential History". University of Minnesota. Archived from the original on April 19, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ↑ The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties : from self-improvement to adult education in America, 1750-1990. Stanford, California, United States: Stanford University Press. 1994. p. 291. ISBN 978-0804722971.
- ↑ "ICP Adviser Handbook" (PDF). Ccaps.umn.edu. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ↑ "A Chronology of Development 1849-present" (PDF). University of Minnesota Extension. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Degrees and Minors | College of Continuing & Professional Studies". ccaps.umn.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
