Abstract
Abstract In the 1960s, the lack of theoretical models of student attrition was loudly decried. In the 1970s, several were proposed, and now the institutional reseacher has the opportunity to choose from among them.
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AttritionInstitutional researchHigher educationConceptual modelPublic relationsMathematics educationPedagogyComputer scienceSociologyPsychologyPolitical scienceEconomic growthEconomics
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- 1982
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 1982
- Issue
- 36
- Pages
- 17-33
- Citations
- 194
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John P. Bean
(1982).
Conceptual models of student attrition: How theory can help the institutional researcher.
New Directions for Institutional Research
, 1982
(36)
, 17-33.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ir.37019823604
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- DOI
- 10.1002/ir.37019823604