Ways and Means of Reducing Early Student Drop-out Rates.

Roberts, David

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ERIC Number: EJ310362

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Publication Date: 1984

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Ways and Means of Reducing Early Student Drop-out Rates.

Roberts, David

Distance Education, v5 n1 p50-71 Mar 1984

Defines student drop-out; presents data illustrating when external students are at greatest risk; explores reasons for the drop-out phenomenon in light of the distance education theories of Otto Peters, Borje Holmberg, and David Stewart; and lists suggestions to reduce early attrition rates and improve distance education institution functioning. (Author/MBR)

Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Definitions, Distance Education, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Educational Theories, Higher Education, Open Universities

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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