REFERENCES
- Bean , J. P. and Metzner , B. S. 1985 . A conceptual model of nontraditional undergraduate student attrition . Review of Educational Research , 55 ( 4 ) : 485 – 540 .
- Boulton‐Lewis , G. M. and Dart , B. C. 1994 . “ Assessing students’ knowledge of learning: a comparison of data collection methods ” . In Improving Student Learning: Theory and Practice , Edited by: Gibbs , G. Oxford Centre for Staff Development .
- Boumer , T. and Barlow , J. 1991 . The Student Induction Handbook , London : Kogan Page .
- Brown , S. 25 November 1994 . “ Induction and independent learning ” . In Teaching and the Quality of Learning , Edited by: Entwistle , N. J. 25 November , report of a research seminar organized by CVCP and SRHE in London . 1993
- Burchill , J. 1982 . From School to University: The Biological Sciences , Aberdeen University Press .
- Chickering , A. W. 1974 . Commuting versus Resident Students , San Francisco : Jossey‐Bass .
- Demos , G. D. 1968 . Analysis of college dropouts — some manifest and covert reasons . Personnel and Guidance Journal , 46 : 681 – 4 .
- Durkheim , E. 1897 . Suicide , Edited by: Spaulding , J. A. and Simpson , G. New York : Free Press . 1958
- Edwards , R. 1990 . Access and assets: the experience of mature mother‐students in higher education . Journal of Access Studies , 5 ( 2 ) : 188 – 202 .
- Fulton , O. and Ellwood , S. 1989 . Admissions to Higher Education: Policy and Practice , Sheffield : Training Agency .
- Gallagher , A. and Locke , M. 1992 . Mature Students in Higher Education: How Institutions can Learn from Experience , CIS Commentary Series no 40, University of East London .
- HEQC . 1994a . Learning from Audit , London : Higher Education Quality Council .
- HEQC . 1994b . Choosing to Change: Extending Access, Choice and Mobility in Higher Education , London : HEQC . Report of the HEQC CAT Development Project directed by D Robertson
- Martin , E. and Ramsden , P. 1987 . “ Learning skills or skill in learning? ” . In Student Learning: Research into Education and Cognitive Psychology , Edited by: Richardson , J. T.E , Eysenck , M. W. , Warren and Piper , D. Milton Keynes : Open University Press .
- Metcalf , H. 1993 . Non‐traditional Students’ Experience of Higher Education: A Review of the Literature , London : Committee of Vice‐Chancellors and Principals .
- Meyer , J. H. F. and Parsons , P. G. 1994 . “ Conceptually at risk students: diagnostic and intervention strategies based on individual differences ” . In Improving Student Learning: Theory and Practice , Edited by: Gibbs , G. Oxford Centre for Staff Development .
- Mills , A. J. and Molloy , S. T. 1989 . Experiencing the experienced: the impact of non‐standard entrants upon a programme of higher education . Studies in Higher Education , 14 ( 1 ) : 41 – 54 .
- Murgatroyd , C. and Morgan , S. 1994 . Total Quality Management in the Public Sector: an International Perspective , Buckingham : Open University Press .
- Norton , L. and Dickins , T. 1994 . ‘Do Approaches to Learning Courses Improve Students’ Learning Strategies?’ , Oxford Brookes University . 2nd International Symposium: Improving Student Learning
- Pascarella , E. T. 1980 . Student‐faculty informal contact and college outcomes . Review of Educational Research , 50 : 545 – 95 .
- Rickinson , B. and Rutherford , D. 1995 . Increasing undergraduate student retention rates . British Journal of Guidance and Counselling , 23 ( 2 ) : 161 – 72 .
- Roberts , D. and Higgins , A. 1992 . Higher Education: The Student Experience , Leeds : HEIST .
- Simons , H , Parlett , M. and Jasplan , A . 1976 . Up to Expectations: A Study of the Students’ First Few Weeks of Higher Education , London : Nuffield Foundation .
- Tait , H , Speth , C. and Entwistle , N. 1994 . ‘Identifying and Advising Students with Deficient Study Skills and Strategies’ , Oxford Brookes University . 2nd International Symposium: Improving Student Learning
- Tinto , V. 1975 . Dropout from Higher Education: a theoretical synthesis of recent research . Review of Educational Research , 45 ( 1 ) : 89 – 125 .
- Wall , D , Macaulay , C , Tait , H , Entwistle , D. and Entwistle , N . 1991 . “ School to Higher Education: bridging the gap ” . In Interchange , Vol. 2 , 1 – 14 . published by the Research and Intelligence Unit of the Scottish Office Education Department .