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ERIC Number: EJ504305
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-3831
Interruption of Studies in Context of Maladjustment and Social Climbing.
Liljander, Juha-Pekka; Maatta, Pentti
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v38 n2 p107-22 1994
How students' cultural backgrounds and the variation of these backgrounds in different educational units affect the phenomenon of dropout and change of career plans was studied with 39,831 Finnish college students from 1985-90. Students' tendency to drop out is connected to some degree to sociocultural background. (SLD)
Descriptors: Career Planning, College Students, Cultural Background, Dropouts, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Longitudinal Studies, Reentry Students, Socioeconomic Background, Stopouts, Student Adjustment
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Finland