Abstract
An empirical study of college careers provides evidence for this author's assertion that dropout rates have been exaggerated, and that the "normal" time to attain a college degree is more than four years.
Keywords
Dropout (neural networks)AssertionPsychologyDegree (music)Empirical evidenceMathematics educationSociologyPedagogySocial psychologyEpistemologyPhilosophy
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- 1964
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 402-420
- Citations
- 60
- Access
- Closed
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Bruce K. Eckland
(1964).
College Dropouts Who Came Back.
Harvard Educational Review
, 34
(3)
, 402-420.
https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.34.3.2425435444vq7r48
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- DOI
- 10.17763/haer.34.3.2425435444vq7r48