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Selective Liberal Arts Colleges

Higher Quality as Well as Higher Prestige?

John M. BraxtonView further author information
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Robert C. NordvallView further author information
Pages 538-554 | Published online: 01 Nov 2016

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Corbin M. Campbell, Marisol Jimenez & Christine Arlene N. Arrozal. (2018) Prestige or education: college teaching and rigor of courses in prestigious and non-prestigious institutions in the U.S.. Higher Education 77:4, pages 717-738.
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Corbin M. Campbell & Deniece Dortch. (2018) Reconsidering Academic Rigor: Posing and Supporting Rigorous Course Practices at Two Research Institutions. Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education 120:5, pages 1-42.
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Joseph P. Mazer, Stephen K. Hunt & Jeffrey H. Kuznekoff. (2008) REVISING GENERAL EDUCATION: ASSESSING A CRITICAL THINKING INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL IN THE BASIC COMMUNICATION COURSE. The Journal of General Education 56:3-4, pages 173-199.
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Joseph P. Mazer, Stephen K. Hunt & Jeffrey H. Kuznekoff. (2008) REVISING GENERAL EDUCATION: ASSESSING A CRITICAL THINKING INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL IN THE BASIC COMMUNICATION COURSE. The Journal of General Education 56:3-4, pages 173-199.
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