From 'financial considerations' to 'poverty': Towards a reconceptualisation of the role of finances in higher education student drop out

Higher Education

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 657-670

  Breier, Mignonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Higher education; Student dropout; Student finance; Student poverty; Student retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958036891     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-010-9343-5     Document Type: Article

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