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  1. ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Universidade de Lisboa and CIPES Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies, Lisbon, Portugal

    Cláudia S. Sarrico

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    Pedro Nuno Teixeira

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Sarrico, C.S. (2018). Completion and Retention in Higher Education. In: Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9553-1_87-1

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