An assessment of the academic and social integration as perceived by the students in the University of Papua New Guinea

Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 283-298

  Mannan, Muhammad Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Academic integration; Attrition; College departure; Dropout; Integration assessment; Retention; Social integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044528041     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004186830125     Document Type: Article

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