Leaving College: A Gender Comparison in Male and Female-Dominated Programs

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 453-470

  Severiens, Sabine ^a   ten Dam, Geert ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drop out; Gender differences; Reasons for leaving; Retention; Study success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860420296     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-011-9237-0     Document Type: Article

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