Should I go or should I stay? A study of factors influencing students' decisions on early leaving

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-77

  Glogowska, Margaret ^a   Young, Pat ^a   Lockyer, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic study skills; Attrition; Employment; Nurse education; Student finance; Student retention; Student support

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347268481     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787407074115     Document Type: Article

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