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ERIC Number: EJ575702
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-080X
Non-Completion of Undergraduate Study: Some Implications for Policy in Higher Education.
Yorke, Mantz
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, v20 n2 p189-201 Nov 1998
A study of student failure or withdrawal from higher education in six institutions in northwestern England investigates the relative influence of 36 possible reasons for withdrawal. Respondents were 1083 full- and part-time students. Results for noncompletion, including institutional and student variables, and their cost to the public purse are examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Academic Persistence, College Administration, Dropout Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Policy Formation, Public Policy, Regional Characteristics, Resource Allocation, School Holding Power, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Study, Withdrawal (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England