Persistence of women in online degree-completion programs

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Müller, Terry ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult learners; Barriers to persistence; Online learning; Persistence; Postsecondary; Retention; Women learners

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749094746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v9i2.455     Document Type: Article

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