An analysis of factors contributing to college student dropout in a medium sized technical university: The case of the King Fahd university of petroleum and minerals Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 313-328

  Aldosary, Adel S ^a   Garba, Shaibu Bala ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 0033475073     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8733(99)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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