Pathways to completion: Patterns of progression through a university degree

Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-20

  Robinson, Rosalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Completion; Dropout; Longitudinal; Performance indicators; Progression; Retention; Student attrition; Student flow; Transfer; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543075098     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HIGH.0000009803.70418.9c     Document Type: Article

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