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18 - Adult Learners and Engagement

A Homecoming in Higher Education

from Part II - Best Practices and Pedagogies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2017

By
Suzanne M. Buglione
Edited by
Corey Dolgon ,
Tania D. Mitchell  and
Timothy K. Eatman
Corey Dolgon
Affiliation:
Stonehill College, Massachusetts
Tania D. Mitchell
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Timothy K. Eatman
Affiliation:
Syracuse University, New York
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The Cambridge Handbook of Service Learning and Community Engagement , pp. 229 - 238
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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