Measuring determinants of student return vs. dropout/stopout vs. transfer: A first-to-second year analysis of new freshmen

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 883-928

  Herzog, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic preparation; Concurrent enrollment; Financial aid; Multinomial logistic regression; State funded scholarship; Student retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144463807     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-005-6933-7     Document Type: Article

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