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Academic Engagement and Dropout Intention in Undergraduate University Students
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Pedro Ricardo Álvarez-Pérez; David López-Aguilar; María Olga González-Morales; Rocío Peña-Vázquez – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2024
The relationship between engagement and the intention to drop out was the focus of this research. Following an empirical-analytical approach, a sample of 1,122 university students responded to a questionnaire designed to measure the engagement and the intention to drop out of school. The results confirmed that undergraduates who considered…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learner Engagement, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Prevention
Changing the Recent Past to Reduce Ongoing Dropout: An Early Learning Analytics Intervention for an Online Statistics Course
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Josep Figueroa-Cañas; Teresa Sancho-Vinuesa – Open Learning, 2024
Practitioners of the statistics course embedded in a computer science programme at a fully online university were concerned with the high dropout rate. In the academic year 2018-19, they decided to carry out a two-phase project in order to address this issue. In the first phase, an early classifier to identify students at risk of dropping out of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Virtual Schools, Online Courses
Engagement and Commitment in Higher Education: Looking at the Role of Identification and Perception of Performance
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Javier Borja-Gil; Mario Castellanos Verdugo; M. Ángeles Oviedo-García – European Journal of Education, 2024
Within OECD countries, 20% of university students continue no further than the first year. The objective of this research is to analyse the antecedents of student commitment, so as to design action plans for reducing dropout rates within higher education. Educational engagement, student--university identification and perception of performance were…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Dropouts, Foreign Countries
Compensatory Advantage after the First Year at University in the Catalan System: Between Continuing, Transferring and Dropping Out
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Albert Sánchez-Gelabert; Helena Troiano – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Abundant research has shown the influence of social background on university dropout. However, there is little research that considers the different progression options for analysing the structure of the decisions that students make. This article explores the possible alternative decisions of: (1) continuing the initial degree course chosen; (2)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Flexible Progression, Universities