Predictors of timely doctoral student completions by type of attendance: The utility of a pragmatic approach

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-76

  Rodwell, John ^a   Neumann, Ruth ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Full time; Part time; PhD completion

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149065905     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600800701745069     Document Type: Article

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