Robust performance indicators for non-completion in higher education

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-77

  Lee, Charles ^a   Buckthorpe, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entry cohort; Exit cohort; Non completion; Performance indicator; Synthetic cohort

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949096055     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320802028163     Document Type: Article

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