Student attrition and academic and social integration: Application of Tinto's model at the University of Papua New Guinea

Higher Education

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-165

  Mannan, Md Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Academic integration; Attrition; College departure; Dropout; Social integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845969814     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-005-2496-y     Document Type: Article

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