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ERIC Number: EJ641650
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-8566
Pourquoi Entrer a l'Universite? L'exemple d'une Universtie de Lettres et Sciences Humaines. (Why Enter a University? An Example from a Liberal Arts College.)
Canals, Valerie; Diebolt, Claude
International Review of Education, v47 n6 p539-572 Nov 2001
Suggests that the high dropout rate among first-year students in French universities is due in part to economic factors, which push some students into attending school when work is scarce. Differentiates between those who enter school to invest in the future and those who enter by default. (Contains 71 references.) (NB)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, College Freshmen, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Economics, Higher Education, Humanities, Literature, Student Educational Objectives
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: French
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Identifiers: France