Dropout from Higher Education: A Theoretical Synthesis of Recent Research

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1975, Pages 89-125

  Tinto, Vincent ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 84938563193     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00346543045001089     Document Type: Article

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