Should i stay or should i go? Student descriptions of the doctoral attrition process

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-227

  Golde, Chris M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0034380709     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2000.0004     Document Type: Article

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