Influence of preadmission (matriculation) scores on the progress of and years taken to graduate by pharmacy students at the University of the North, South Africa

Pharmacy Education

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 75-79

  Dambisya, Yoswa M ^a   Modipa, Sehlapelo I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Admission criteria; Graduation rates; Pharmacy education; Preadmission programmes; Student performance

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BIOLOGY; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICS; NATURAL SCIENCE; NORTH AFRICA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 5444234282     PISSN: 15602214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15602210410001710540     Document Type: Review

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