Is non-completion a failure or a new beginning? research non-completion from a student’s perspective

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-247

  McCormack, Coralie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

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EID: 34548664662     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360500153968     Document Type: Article

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