Leaving Early: Undergraduate Non-completion in Higher Education

by Yorke,Mantz

• ISBN13: 9780750708968
• ISBN10: 0750708964
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Presents the findings of new research into the problem of students dropping-out from their courses, and provides information that will help institutes understand and address the problem. The book clarifies definitions of non-completion, looks at what influences students to leave early, assesses the implications for the institution's performance and the costs to the public purse. The analysis is illustrated by examples of student experience, and highlights courses of action that may help reduce the problem.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Non-Completion: Important but Under-Researched	p. 1
What's Past Is Prologue	p. 8
Surveying the Domain	p. 28
Notes	p. 35
Money, Choice and Quality: Why Full-Time and Sandwich Students Leave Early	p. 36
'It's the Economy, Stupid': Why Part-Time Students Leave Early	p. 57
The Cost to the Taxpayer	p. 68
Non-Completion as a Performance Indicator?	p. 81
What Can Be Done about Non-Completion?	p. 97
List of Appendices	p. 125
Some Background Information Relating to the Respondents	p. 127
Comparison of Responses	p. 130
Outcomes of Factor Analyses	p. 131
Selected Comparisons for Both Full-Time and Sandwich Students and Part-Time Students	p. 134
References	p. 151
Index	p. 159
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