Higher education's revolving door: Confronting the problem of student drop out in US colleges and universities

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-18

  Barefoot, Betsy O ^a  

^a Brevard College   (United States)

Author keywords

College dropouts; College freshman; Dropout prevention; Persistence; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 85065364143     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268051042000177818     Document Type: Article

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