Dropping out of further education: Complex causes and simplistic policy assumptions

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-140

  Hodkinson, Phil ^a   Bloomer, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational achievement; Educational policy; Further education; Learning careers; Learning outcomes; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842666081     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520110037401     Document Type: Article

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