Student drops and failure in principles courses

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-128

  Bosshardt, William ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Student drops; Student retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442498434     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JECE.35.2.111-128     Document Type: Article

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