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Title: Guiding change in higher education: an emergent, iterative application of Kotter’s change model
Award ID(s):
1623105
PAR ID:
10276961
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Studies in Higher Education
ISSN:
0307-5079
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 20
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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