Factors influencing university drop out rates

Computers and Education

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 563-574

  Araque, Francisco ^a   Roldán, Concepción ^b   Salguero, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Country specific developments; Data Warehouse; Drop out; Evaluation methodologies; Innovation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ACTION PLAN; COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTS; DATA WAREHOUSE ARCHITECTURE; DROP OUT; ECONOMIC SCIENCE; EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; PERSONALIZED MODEL; REDUCING COSTS; UNIVERSITY DEGREE;

DATA WAREHOUSES; DROPS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 67650260875     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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