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Do Learning Communities Make a Difference?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2004

Juan Carlos Huerta
Juan Carlos Huerta
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Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , April 2004 , pp. 291 - 296
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© 2004 by the American Political Science Association

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