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  1. Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, USA

    Kenyatta Lovett

  2. Public Administration, Tennessee State University, Nashville, USA

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Lovett, K. (2016). Public Higher Education as Social Policy. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2666-1

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