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Direct linkJosé M. Ortiz-Lozano; Pilar Aparicio-Chueca; Xavier M. Triadó-Ivern; Jose Luis Arroyo-Barrigüete – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Student dropout is a major concern in studies investigating retention strategies in higher education. This study identifies which variables are important to predict student dropout, using academic data from 3583 first-year students on the Business Administration (BA) degree at the University of Barcelona (Spain). The results indicate that two…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Predictor Variables, Social Sciences, Law Students
Peer reviewedSiegfried, John J. – Journal of Legal Education, 1981
Noting the increasing role of economics in the law, many law schools have introduced formal economics instruction into their curricula. Several of the controversies surrounding liberal arts courses taught in law schools are examined. Prior formal coursework in the subject appeared to have no relationship to course performance. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Courses, Data Analysis, Economics
Knowledge Profiles of Economics and Law Students: An In-Depth Analysis of the Prior Knowledge State.
Download full textDochy, F. J. R. C.; Valcke, M. M. A. – 1992
This study sought to examine the nature and dimensions of prior knowledge among undergraduates in an economics course at the Open University of the Netherlands (OuN). A total of 22 law and 55 economics students enrolled in two economics courses were given a 154-item domain-specific knowledge test, which was then analyzed independently by three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Economics, Foreign Countries
Wagemans, L. J. J. M.; And Others – 1991
This study sought to determine the effects of prior knowledge on the achievement of undergraduates in an economics course at the Open University of the Netherlands (OuN). A total the four law and seven economics students were given four instruments to test prior knowledge of economics, presented with a learning unit from the course "Economics…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Economics, Foreign Countries
Dochy, F. J. R. C.; Bouwens, M. R. J. – 1990
This paper reports an investigation that was done ex post facto, examining the hypothesis that within economics courses defined economics students achieved better results than did law students in the same courses. This should not be the case if the courses are truly multifunctional. Information on an economics and money course and a course on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Course Content, Distance Education
Taillefer, Gail F. – Modern Language Journal, 2005
Little cross-cultural empirical research has been devoted to expectations for academic performance of study abroad (SA) students, particularly in their foreign language (FL) reading. This study explored premobility English and French FL reading comprehension and strategy use in 177 European SA students of law and economics. Our concern was whether…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Test Results, Study Abroad, English (Second Language)
