University attendance and academic performance: Encouraging student engagement

Abstract

Absenteeism in higher education has motivated the investigation of its effect on academic performance. This paper examines the effect of implementing an incentive scheme on seminar PPA (prior preparation and attendance) and performance focusing on a cohort of international postgraduate students over two academic years in two conversion economics (quantitative and non‐quantitative) modules at a Scottish business school. The results show that the scheme leads to an increase in the class PPA in both modules and in the probability of passing the quantitative module, however academic performance is affected at a lesser extent.

Social media addiction relationship with academic engagement in university students: The mediator role of self-esteem, depression, and anxiety

“…Academic engagement emerges as a pivotal factor in evaluating student well-being. Numerous scientific studies delve into this matter from diverse perspectives, encompassing institutional factors, individual aspects, basic psychological needs, legal vulnerability, higher education absenteeism, and university students' employability [ [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] ].…”