The Extent and Nature of Student Attrition in the First Five Years at Simon Fraser University.

McIntosh, Barbara M.; And Others

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The Extent and Nature of Student Attrition in the First Five Years at Simon Fraser University

McIntosh, Barbara M.; And Others

Canadian Counsellor, 8, 3, 163-173, Jun 74

Results of questionnaires (n=5,000) mailed to college dropouts indicate that: (1) most students left their freshman year; (2) they did not discusss their decision with university personnel; and (3) their reasons were academic difficulties, personal-emotional problems, and external-environmental pressures. (Author)

Descriptors: College Students, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research, Student Alienation, Student Attrition, Student Problems, Surveys

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