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ERIC Number: EJ427417
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-0365
Determinants of Withdrawal Behavior: An Exploratory Study.
Mallette, Bruce I.; Cabrera, Alberto F.
Research in Higher Education, v32 n2 p179-94 Apr 1991
A study investigated whether determinants of college students' decisions to withdraw from an institution are similar to those affecting decisions to transfer to other institutions. Subjects (n=2,954) were entering freshmen at a state university. Results indicated different factors discriminated between persisters and dropouts and between persisters and transfers. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Dropout Characteristics, Higher Education, State Universities, Student Characteristics, Transfer Students, Withdrawal (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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