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ERIC Number: EJ120200
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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Dropout From Higher Education: A Theoretical Synthesis of Recent Research
Tinto, Vincent
Review of Educational Research, 45, 1, 89-125, Win 75
A theoretical model is attempted that explains the processes of interaction between the individual and the institution that lead differing individuals to drop out from the institutions. Recent research in the field is also reviewed to gain new insights into the social process of dropping out from higher education. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, College Environment, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Research, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics, Literature Reviews, Urban Dropouts, Urban Population
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