The relationship between engagement and high school dropout

Handbook of Research on Student Engagement

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 491-513

  Rumberger, Russell W ^a   Rotermund, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MPR ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-2018-7_24     Document Type: Chapter

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