Causal factors of student desertion from the School of Dentistry of the University of Antioquia from 1997 to 2004

• Main Authors: Fanny Lucía Yepes-D (Author), Magda Beltrán-Salazar (Author), Julieth Arrubla (Author), Lina María Marín (Author), Marely Martínez (Author), Catalina Tobón (Author), Ana María Hoyos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad de Antioquia, 2009-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: student desertion is the definitive abandonment of the classroom by different reasons and the non continuance of the academic program. There are different determining factors. These could be intrinsic, that is, belonging to the student, or extrinsic when they don't depend on the s...