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ERIC Number: EJ612217
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
The Consequences of Drop-outs on the Cost-effectiveness of 16-19 Colleges.
Fielding, A.; Thomas, H. R.; Belfield, C. R.
Oxford Review of Education, v24 n4 p487-511 Dec 1998
Examines the scale of drop-outs across colleges. Considers appropriate analytical treatments in a number of colleges in the further education funded sector and investigates the resource effects. Identifies prior achievements of enrollments as a major factor of non-retention in courses and discusses some of the educational implications of the drop-out phenomenon. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Educational Resources, Enrollment Rate, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Characteristics, Withdrawal (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England