The Adult Student and Course Satisfaction: What Matters Most?

Alternative Higher Education - Tập 37 Số 3 - Trang 215-226 - 2012
George F. Howell1, Jeffrey M. Buck2
1School of Business & Leadership, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, USA
2Falls School of Business, Anderson University, 1303 East 5th Street, Anderson, IN, 46012, USA

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