Author: Ad Hoc Panel on Graduate Attrition Advisory Commit
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: sciences, humanities, attrition, graduate, measuring, path
Number of Pages: 90
Published: 1996-12-30
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0309054826
ISBN-13: 9780309054829

There is a growing concern among educators and policymakers about the level of attrition from Ph.D. programs in the sciences and humanities at some U.S. universities. Reliable estimates of graduate student attrition are difficult to obtain, however, because most information comes from the administrative records of individual institutions. This book provides a summary of datasets that could be used to analyze patterns of graduate student attrition and degree completion nationally, along with an analysis of recent studies on the subject. Based on this information, the committee examines the feas

Author:
Publisher:
Keywords: methodological, issues, perspectives, interdisciplinary, language, attrition, first
Number of Pages: 388
Published: 2004-10
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9027241392
ISBN-13: 9789027241399

Author: Lynne Hansen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: contexts, japanese, attrition, language, second
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 1999-11-25
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0195123042
ISBN-13: 9780195123043

This volume introduces the study of language attrition--the forgetting of language. In this first collection devoted to second language attrition, the contributors focus on contexts of loss where Japanese is either the attriting language, or the replacing language. Bringing together research to substantiate previous hypotheses in the field, this book offers new theoretical and practical insights for those interested in language change.

Author: Carter Malkasian
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Keywords: attrition, wars, modern, history
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2002-01-30
List price: $98.95
ISBN-10: 0275973794
ISBN-13: 9780275973797

A war of attrition is usually conceptualized as a bloody slogging match, epitomized by imagery of futile frontal assaults on the Western Front of the First World War. As such, many academics, politicians, and military officers currently consider attrition to be a wholly undesirable method of warfare. This first book-length study of wars of attrition challenges this viewpoint. A historical analysis of the strategic thought behind attrition demonstrates that it was often implemented to conserve casualties, not to engage in a bloody, senseless assault. Moreover, attrition frequently proved an eff

Authors:Herbert W. Seliger, Robert M. Vago,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: attrition, language, first
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 1991-06-28
List price: $58.00
ISBN-10: 0521348838
ISBN-13: 9780521348836

This book examines linguistic aspects of the attrition or loss of first language abilities in bilinguals through a collection of studies in various language groups. The phenomena of attrition are examined at both the individual bilingual and societal levels. This volume is divided onto three sections: Part I surveys different aspects of existing empirical evidence to arrive at theoretical generalizations about language attrition. Part II is comprised of group studies examining attrition in societal bilingualism or in groups of bilingual individuals. Part III contains individual case studies o

Authors:Barbara Kopke, Monika S. Schmid, Merel Keijzer, Susan
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
Keywords: studies, bilingualism, perspectives, theoretical, attrition, language
Number of Pages: 258
Published: 2007-08-08
List price: $158.00
ISBN-10: 9027241449
ISBN-13: 9789027241443

Authors:B. Weltens, K. De Bot, T. Van Els,
Publisher: Foris Pubns USA
Keywords: language, acquisition, studies, progress, attrition
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1987-06
List price: $46.00
ISBN-10: 9067653225
ISBN-13: 9789067653220