Reasons for withdrawal from higher vocational education. A comparison of ethnic minority and majority non-completers

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-111

  Meeuwisse, Marieke ^a   Severiens, Sabine E ^a   Born, Marise Ph ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Differences; Ethnic background; Higher vocational education; Non completion; Withdrawal reasons

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951202086     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070902906780     Document Type: Article

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