Now you've got them, can you expect to keep them? Factors that influence student departure and persistence

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 181-199

  Zepke, Nick ^a,b   Leach, Linda ^a   Prebble, Tom ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Student outcomes; Student persistence; Student retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645155344     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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