Pressures Contributing to the Decision to Dropout - Comparison Between Dropouts and Persisters.

Hayes, Susan

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Pressures Contributing to the Decision to Dropout - Comparison Between Dropouts and Persisters

Hayes, Susan

Australian Journal of Education, 18, 2, 138-48, Jun 74

Questionnaire and interview data were obtained from a sample of 129 students who voluntarily withdrew from their university course and a matched sample of 131 persisting students. The results of the study indicated that dropouts and persisters experienced similar problems while at university, yet reacted differently. (Editor)

Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Educational Research, Persistence, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics

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