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Woodley, Alan; Parlett, Malcolm – Teaching at a Distance, 1983
Statistics and other information about dropout rates and characteristics at Britain's Open University are summarized and presented in question and answer form as a basis for informed discussion of the institution's dropout problem. Factors in dropping out (course, environment, motivation, other), dropout characteristics, course and discipline…
Descriptors: Courses, Distance Education, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1985
The responses of 1,866 faculty are reported on trends in staffing, funding, course offerings and enrollments, majors, personnel policy, library holdings, and supplies and equipment in their departments. (MSE)
Descriptors: Budgets, College Faculty, Degree Requirements, Departments
