Impact of degree program satisfaction on the persistence of college students

Higher Education

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-226

  Suhre, Cor J M ^a   Jansen, Ellen P W A ^a   Harskamp, Egbert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Dropout prevention; Higher education; Learning motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347269584     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-005-2376-5     Document Type: Article

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