Determinants of Undergraduate Student Drop Out Rates in a University Business Studies Department

Bennett, Roger

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“…Examining the main reasons for students attending Higher Education and more important, for specific types of courses, is one useful way of gaining an insight into the decision-making of students, in their considerations of attending university. Indeed, previous evidence highlights the role of financial factors within commitment to HE specifically for Business Studies (Bennett 2003;. However, this does not specifically focus on uptake or commitment to HE to other specific types of courses.…”

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The impact of higher fees on psychology students’ reasons for attending university

Kaye

Bates

2016

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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Usage of any items from the University of Cumbria's institutional repository 'Insight' must conform to the following fair usage guidelines.Any item and its associated metadata held in the University of Cumbria's institutional repository Insight (unless stated otherwise on the metadata record) may be copied, displayed or performed, and stored in line with the JISC fair dealing guidelines (available here) for educational and not-for-profit activities provided that• the authors, title and full bibliographic details of the item are cited clearly when any part of the work is referred to verbally or in the written form• a hyperlink/URL to the original Insight record of that item is included in any citations of the work • the content is not changed in any way• all files required for usage of the item are kept together with the main item file. You may not• sell any part of an item• refer to any part of an item without citation • amend any item or contextualise it in a way that will impugn the creator's reputation• remove or alter the copyright statement on an item.The full policy can be found here. Alternatively contact the University of Cumbria Repository Editor by emailing insight@cumbria.ac.uk. 1The impact of higher fees on psychology students' reasons for attending university The impact of higher fees on psychology students' reasons for attending universityThe introduction of the new UK tuition fees resulted in concerns about the impact on Higher Education (HE) uptake, and raised questions regarding students' motivations for attending university. The current study explored first year undergraduate psychology students' (N = 56) reasons for attending Higher Education through a series of focus groups. These were undertaken both before (n = 21) and after (n = 35) the fee rise, providing a pre-post comparison of potential changes. Results from the pre-fee rise sample showed general reasons for attending HE reflected wider, contextual factors, drawing on socio-cultural influences.However, the post-fee rise data suggested HE uptake to be largely more motivated by career opportunities associated with degree-level education. Similarly, reasons for choosing Psychology-based courses was related to vocational interest, suggesting strategic decisionmaking processes of students embarking on HE. The findings present new evidence of the role of financial investments in HE on general and course-specific motivations. Implications of the findings are discussed, with particular reference to the development of relevant employability initiatives within HE curricula.Keywords: Motivations; Higher Education; post-92; Psychology; Employability IntroductionThe changing landscape of Higher Education presents academics, students, parents and policy makers with a range of new challenges, most of which are yet untested. These issues are particularly pertinent in relation to the changes in tuition fees in England 1 . Indeed, initial concern was expressed about the extent to which students would be deterred from attending 1 Tuition fees in England ...

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The impact of higher fees on psychology students’ reasons for attending university

Kaye

Bates

2016

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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“…Cette situation est comparable à celle de nombreux pays occidentaux. En Angleterre, un étudiant sur six ne termine pas sa première année d'études universitaires (Bennett, 2003). En France, la Direction de l'évaluation et de la prospective (2005) dénombre 22 % d'étudiants qui abandonnent au cours de la première année.…”

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“…Depuis les quatre dernières décennies, l'abandon et la persévérance aux études postsecondaires font l'objet de nombreuses recherches dans plusieurs pays occidentaux, soit aux États-Unis (Tinto, 1993(Tinto, , 1999Braxton, Milem et Sullivan, 2000 ;Cuseo, 2005), au Royaume-Uni (Bennett, 2003 ;Davies et Elias, 2003) et en Australie (Horstmanshof et Zimitat, 2004). Pourtant, peu d'études sur le sujet ont été effectuées au Canada.…”

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Comprendre le phénomène de l’abandon et de la persévérance pour mieux intervenir

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Fournier³

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Cet article expose, à partir d’une synthèse des écrits récents, l’ampleur du phénomène de l’abandon des études et ses impacts. Dans ce sens, quelques théories expliquant ce phénomène et celui de la persévérance sont discutées, tout comme certaines mesures de soutien à la persévérance et leurs conditions d’application. La méthode retenue pour la sélection des documents est exposée dans le texte. Cette démarche a été entreprise en vue de l’élaboration d’un cadre théorique pour la construction d’un système d’aide multimédia interactif par lequel des outils d’aide et de soutien à la persévérance seront rendus accessibles aux étudiants et au personnel des établissements d’études postsecondaires.Based on a synthesis of recent works, this article exposes the extent of the phenomenon of study abandonment and its effects. Several theories explaining this phenomenon, as well as that of perseverance, are discussed, as well as certain measures of support for perseverance, and the conditions of application. This approach was undertaken in order to create a theoretical framework that will be used to develop an interactive multimedia help system through which tools and support for perseverance are made available to students and personnel of post-secondary schools.Este artículo presenta, a partir de una síntesis de los escritos recientes, la amplitud del fenómeno del abandono de los estudios y sus impactos. En este sentido, se analizan algunas teorías que explican este fenómeno y el de la perseverancia, así como algunas medidas de apoyo a la perseverancia y sus condiciones de aplicación. Se inició esa tarea con vista a la elaboración de un marco teórico para la construcción de un sistema de apoyo multimedia interactivo a través del cual algunas herramientas de ayuda y de apoyo a la perseverancia se harán accesibles a los estudiantes y al personal de los establecimientos de estudios postsecundarios

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“…Holdsworth, 2006). While, as Bennett (2003) notes, there is little consensus in the literature on which combination of factors is most important, a factor which seems to run through most studies as crucial for understanding higher education participation is student economic status.…”

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Weight of Costs – The Financial Aspects of Student Course Choices and Study Experiences in a Croatian Higher Education Setting

Doolan¹

2010

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Determinants of Undergraduate Student Drop Out Rates in a University Business Studies Department

Cited by 212 publications

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The impact of higher fees on psychology students’ reasons for attending university

The impact of higher fees on psychology students’ reasons for attending university

Comprendre le phénomène de l’abandon et de la persévérance pour mieux intervenir

Weight of Costs – The Financial Aspects of Student Course Choices and Study Experiences in a Croatian Higher Education Setting

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