Degree transfer is understood as the increasingly common phenomenon among students of changing university degrees or university, especially after the first or second years of the degree. The profile of students who transfer (3,861students, 8.3% of students) is constructed based on microdata from the University Pre-enrolment Register of Catalonia and an explanatory model is validated by means of Multivariate Logistic Regression.Transfer refers to both changing the area of knowledge or the university and occurs most frequently in engineering, experimental sciences and social sciences degrees. The profile of the student who transfers is male, does not balance paid employment with studying, has completed baccalaureate in a private or a statefunded private school, and is upper middle class with both parents with a higher-level education working in higher management positions or liberal occupations. His level of use of social networks and digital communication tools is very high.
The aim of this study is to identify and analyse the most important reasons that influence absenteeism in university classrooms from the students' perspective. Data has been gathered through a questionnaire answered by 1,896 students from the Business Administration, Economics and Sociology degrees of the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. Both a difference of means and exploratory factor analyses have been applied.Findings show that students differ on these reasons regarding their year and degree of study. The results of the factor analysis reveal five dimensions of reasons for absenteeism: (1) students' own planning, (2) teaching methodology, (3) learning methodology, (4) course characteristics, and (5) external sources available. These factors call for effective action lines that eliminate the inefficiencies of public resources.
Introducción: La situación de emergencia declarada en marzo de 2020 provocó un cambio inmediato en la metodología de la docencia presencial que se extendió a la forma de realizar las valoraciones. Se sustituyó el sistema presencial por el on-line, incluyendo tanto la docencia como la evaluación (continua y única). Método: El objetivo de este artículo es doble. Primero, estudiar las innovaciones metodológicas tanto reactivas como proactivas por parte del área académica y, segundo, analizar los efectos en el rendimiento académico universitario. Para ello, se analiza y se estudian los cambios metodológicos introducidos en las asignaturas (obligatorias y de formación básica) del grado de ADE de la Universidad de Barcelona, como ejemplo de un grado en Ciencias Sociales, y el rendimiento académico en cada una de ellas. Resultados y Discusión: El primer resultado es la distinción de tres períodos de docencia: docencia de emergencia en remoto, docencia on-line y modelo híbrido. El segundo resultado, el estudio del rendimiento de las asignaturas y del análisis de las adendas de los planes docentes, permite concluir que se han incorporado herramientas virtuales docentes, pero sin alterar significativamente en cambios metodológicos. Un reto que todavía está por implementar para provocar cambios en todo el proceso.
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