Learning environment: Relevant or not to students' decision to leave university?

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-189

  Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth ^a   Aamodt, Per Olaf ^a  

^a Research and Education   (Norway)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Learning environment; Norway; Retention (of students); Student departure; Student staff interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449574585     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320902995808     Document Type: Article

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