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Why students leave engineering and built environment programmes when they are academically eligible to continue

Nazeema AhmedCentre for Research in Engineering Education, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Bruce KlootCentre for Research in Engineering Education, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa;Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Brandon I. Collier-ReedCentre for Research in Engineering Education, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa;Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 128-144 | Received 26 Jun 2013, Accepted 20 May 2014, Published online: 25 Jun 2014

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