School dropout and completion in Australia

School Dropout and Completion: International Comparative Studies in Theory and Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 321-339

  Lamb, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84890093940     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9763-7_18     Document Type: Chapter

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