Teacher effects on student attrition and performance in mass-market tertiary education

Higher Education

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-319

  Foster, Gigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attrition; Business education; Retention; Teacher quality; Tutors; Value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955309666     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9301-2     Document Type: Article

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