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Dianne Rahm, B. J. Reed, Going Remote: The Use of Distance Learning, the World Wide Web, and the Internet in Graduate Programs of Public Affairs and Administration, Public Productivity & Management Review, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Jun., 1997), pp. 459-474
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