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Volume 12 , Issue 5 (September + October 2005) table of contents
HCI & Higher Education

SPECIAL ISSUE: Back to school: HCI & higher education table of contents

Pages: 19 - 27

Year of Publication: 2005

ISSN:1072-5520

Authors

Frank E. Ritter	The Pennsylvania State University
Andrew R. Freed	The Pennsylvania State University
Onida L. M. Haskett	The Pennsylvania State University

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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