The effects of formal mentoring on the retention rates for first-Year, low achieving students

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 853-873

  Salinitri, Geri ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Social capital theory; Social learning theory; Theory of involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645378239     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: 03802361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4126458     Document Type: Article

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