Improving student retention and success: Realising the (im)possible

Authors

  • Paul Prinsloo University of South Africa

Keywords:

student retention, student success

Author Biography

Paul Prinsloo, University of South Africa

Department of Business Management
College of Economic and Business Management
University of South Africa

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2022-12-05

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Prinsloo, P. (2022). Improving student retention and success: Realising the (im)possible. West African Journal of Open and Flexible Learning, 11(1), 127–134. Retrieved from https://wajofel.org/index.php/wajofel/article/view/133

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