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Peer reviewedGarland, Maureen R. – Distance Education, 1993
Discusses factors which lead to attrition from adult distance learning courses. Learning barriers included situational, institutional, dispositional, and epistemological factors. Comparisons between persisters and withdrawals are presented, and the study's impact on future distance learning programs is discussed. (Contains 26 references.) (SLW)
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Distance Education, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research
