“…Only 11 of these were available and accessible online and so could be reviewed in this paper (Abuelma'atti, 2006;Al-Abdulkareem, 2012;Al-Dossary, 2008;Al-Ghnaim, 2010;Alabdulgader, 1992;Aljohani, 2014;Fayed & Gasem, 2012;Hakeem, 2007;Khan & Osman, 2011;Malah, 1994;Mobarak, Alharthi, & Kees, 2000). The other five studies were only available as online abstracts and were thus excluded (Abdullaal, 2010;Alabdullah, 1995;Almaneea, 2003;Felemban, 1986;Ghaban, 1999). A further two Saudi student retention studies were excluded from the review, as they focused on student retention in online courses, which is outside the scope of this paper (Dahan, 2008;Ibrahim, Rwegasira, & Taher, 2007).…”