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Caison, Amy L. – Research in Higher Education, 2007
This study empirically explores the comparability of traditional survey-based retention research methodology with an alternative approach that relies on data commonly available in institutional student databases. Drawing on Tinto's [Tinto, V. (1993). "Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition" (2nd Ed.), The University…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Databases, Student Attrition, School Holding Power

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