Why Tenth Graders Fail to Finish High School: A Dropout Typology Latent Class Analysis

Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 129-148

  Bowers, Alex J ^a   Sprott, Ryan ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 84865233525     PISSN: 10824669     EISSN: 15327671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10824669.2012.692071     Document Type: Article

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