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ERIC Number: EJ361257
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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The Drop-Outs and the Dilatory on the Road to the Doctorate.
Rudd, Ernest
Higher Education in Europe, v11 n4 p31-36 1986
Results of a survey of British doctoral students not completing their graduate programs are reported. Students' reasons for dropping out include individual characteristics, personal problems and accidents, problems inherent in research projects, and poor supervision. Faculty attitudes and government policy are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Academic Persistence, Doctoral Programs, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Research Problems, Surveys, Teacher Student Relationship, Withdrawal (Education)
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
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