Why do HE students drop out? A test of Tinto's model

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-310

  Brunsden, Vivienne ^a   Davies, Mark ^a   Shevlin, Mark ^b   Bracken, Maeve ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33744962671     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030987700750022244     Document Type: Article

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