Improving the quantity and quality of attendance data to enhance student retention

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 375-385

  Bowen, Eleri ^a   Price, Trevor ^a   Lloyd, Steve ^a   Thomas, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 55849125292     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098770500353714     Document Type: Article

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