Abstract:Student dropout continues to be a significant challenge in higher education. Studies have shown that it has economic impacts on institutions. However, the cost associated with student dropout needs to be better understood. This research focuses on first-year dropouts in 51 Chilean universities, intending to analyze the costs generated by student dropouts in all their careers, allowing to project in an average horizon the resources that would no longer be received as a result of dropouts. It is descriptive rese… Show more
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