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Direct linkSeidel, Ewa; Kutieleh, Salah – Australian Journal of Education, 2017
This article reports on the development and implementation of the Student Success Program, a strategic, University-wide, consistent approach to increasing the success and retention of first year students, during 2014. To this end, a centrally coordinated process integrated historic student, application, enrolment, academic performance and learning…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Data Analysis, Student Behavior, College Freshmen
Download full textBoton, Eliani Colferai; Gregory, Sue – Journal of Educators Online, 2015
The number of online programs in the higher education sector has increased dramatically in the last decade, and with it, an increase in attrition has become a recurring problem worldwide. Literature suggests that elements of culture, motivation, learning management systems and online pedagogy play a major role in attrition rates in the higher…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Dropout Prevention, Student Attrition
Buchanan, Catherine; Sharma, Raj – Journal of Institutional Research, 2009
Institutional researchers have undertaken many studies of student attrition in the past but mainly focusing on the quantitative dimensions. No doubt it is important for institutions to be aware of their attrition rates and how this may vary by demographic and other variables in order to develop strategies to minimise drop-out rates and thereby…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Postsecondary Education, Student Attrition, Dropout Prevention
Clark, E. Eugene – Australian Universities' Review, 1989
Recent studies in South Australia and Western Australia have shown that approximately one-third of all students fail to graduate, with the largest dropout occurring by the end of the first year of higher education. Research on student retention is discussed and steps to improve retention are suggested. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Dropout Prevention
Guthrie, Hugh; Loveder, Philip – 1990
A study for the South Australian Government gathered data on student enrollment and graduation rates in Diploma and Associate Diploma courses; documented initiatives for multiple entry and exit structures; proposed other possible approaches, using selected courses as case studies; investigated problems associated with providing multiple entry and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees
Grant, Peter – 2002
A study explored possible reasons why technical and further education (TAFE) students enrolling in vocational education and training (VET) courses in New South Wales, Victoria, and Western Australia do not complete those courses. Findings were based on these two kinds of evidence: evidence obtained from a statistical investigation of the outcomes…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Course Organization, Course Selection (Students), Dropout Prevention
