Do structured study programmes lead to lower rates of dropout and student transfer from university?

Irish Educational Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-251

  Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth ^a  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dropout; Higher education; Study structure; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960534179     PISSN: 03323315     EISSN: 17474965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2011.569143     Document Type: Article

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