When will i succeed in my first-year diploma? Survival analysis in dutch higher education

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-114

  Bruinsma, Marjon ^a   Jansen, Ellen P W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Explaining academic achievement; First year experience; Higher education; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149131173     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360802444396     Document Type: Article

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