Undergraduate Student Perspectives on Textbook Costs and Implications for Academic Success
By: Lucinda Rush Wittkower and Leo S Lo
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.12.1.1036 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X
Language: English
Page range: 115 - 130
Submitted on: Aug 18, 2019
Accepted on: Jan 28, 2020
Published on: Mar 31, 2019
Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2019 Lucinda Rush Wittkower, Leo S Lo, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
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