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Alternative and professional doctoral programs: what is driving the demand?

Laura Servage Department of Educational Policy Studies, 7‐167A Education North, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6E 0K3Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 765-779 | Published online: 06 Nov 2009

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