Determinants of undergraduate student drop out rates in a University Business Studies Department

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-141

  Bennett, Roger ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 18844437732     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030987703200065154     Document Type: Article

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