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ERIC Number: EJ491747
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
Undergraduate Student Attrition: A Comparison of the Characteristics of Students Who Withdraw and Students Who Persist.
Johnson, Genevieve Marie
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v40 n3 p337-53 Sep 1994
Interviews with 498 undergraduate students who withdrew from a large western Canadian university and 153 students who continued their studies examined demographic, academic, financial, personal, and learning characteristics. Compares characteristics of students required to withdraw, those who withdrew formally, those who did not return, and continuing students. Discusses implications for addressing student attrition. (LP)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Attendance, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Student Attrition, Student Characteristics, Undergraduate Students, Universities
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada