Consider the costs of student attrition

Marthers, Paul; Herrup, Peter; Steele, Jonathan

doi:10.1002/emt.30090

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“…High attrition rates also impact universities in more obscure ways as well. For example, low retention rates may result in an increase in the institution’s cost of capital because of lower bond ratings, and university quality rankings are significantly influenced by graduation and retention rates (Marthers, et al, 2015 ). Indeed, graduation and retention rates are weighted at over 20% in the rubric used by US News and World Report to calculate their college rankings.…”

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“…Students who leave prematurely may disseminate vitriolic opinions on the institution resulting in long-term adverse reputational effects. Marthers and et al, ( 2015 ) suggested that reputational deterioration has the potential to threaten the long-term viability of the institution by inculcating a perception that it is not a “good school”. This perception leads to a vicious circle of fewer applications, and potential students who do apply may be less likely to accept if they have been exposed to the negative opinions of others.…”

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Psychological Distress, Burnout, and Business Student Turnover: The Role of Resilience as a Coping Mechanism

2022

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This study’s purpose is to examine whether resilience, conceptualized by Connor and Davidson (2003) as one’s capacity to persevere and rebound under adversity, was a potential mitigating and/or moderating factor in the dynamic between both psychological distress and academic burnout, and student attrition. We concurrently distributed a survey containing a series of psychometric instruments to a convenience sample of 1,119 students pursuing various business majors at four geographically diverse U.S. universities. Via structural equations modeling analysis, we measured the associations between psychological distress, academic burnout, and departure intentions, and investigated whether student resilience levels are associated with lower distress, burnout, and departure intentions levels. The results indicated significant positive associations between psychological distress and each of the elements of academic burnout, and significant positive associations between the academic burnout elements and departure intentions. However, while resilience did not moderate those associations, it did attenuate them through its direct negative associations with both psychological distress and the cynicism and academic inefficacy elements of academic burnout. Based on these findings, we discuss implications for business educators seeking to enhance individual resilience levels as a coping strategy to combat voluntary student turnover, and better prepare students for the demands of the workplace.

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Psychological Distress, Burnout, and Business Student Turnover: The Role of Resilience as a Coping Mechanism

2022

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“…Diversos estudios estiman que los costos para los CC de estas iniciativas oscilan entre US$ 1,9 a 2,3 billones anuales, y que adicionalmente otros US$ 500 millones son utilizados en universidades convencionales con el mismo fin, estos valores se han mantenido en términos actualizados, mostrando la prevalencia de la temática y lo complejo de estructurar soluciones adecuadas (MARTHERS; HERRUP; STEELE, 2015). Igualmente, varios estados norteamericanos reportan costos desde diez a cientos de millones de dólares para apoyo de los programas remediales (COLLINS, 2012) …”

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Sistemas de Alerta Temprana para estudiantes en riesgo de abandono de la Educación Superior

Donoso-Díaz

Iturrieta

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2018

Ensaio: aval.pol.públ.Educ.

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Resumen La incorporación masiva de estudiantes a la educación superior en Latinoamérica conlleva el desafío, dada la gran presencia de estudiantes vulnerables, que derivan en una alta probabilidad de no finalizar sus estudios. Los avances en estrategias y acciones pro retención, tras cuatro décadas de desarrollo teórico-práctico de este ámbito, han dado origen a sistemas de alerta temprana para identificarles oportunamente y adoptar medidas que reduzcan su riesgo de abandono. El texto, de carácter documental, se adentra en el marco de las crecientes iniciativas pro retención, sistematizando algunos de sus avances como de los retos de la implementación de estas iniciativas.

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“…Small colleges that depend heavily on revenue sources related to enrollment suffer a great number of consequences when students fail to persist, from direct financial implications to significant reputational damage (Marthers, Herrup & Steele, 2015). The problem of stop-out student attrition is particularly disheartening considering that these students often intend to return to school.…”

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Stop-out students’ on-leave experiences: how interactions affect institutional commitment and re-enrollment

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College students may sometimes feel they need to take a break from college life. These students may return to their original campus, may transfer, or may permanently discontinue their educations. For colleges and universities pursuing positive enrollment management outcomes, these students represent opportunities to make measurable improvements in retention/persistence rates as well as college completion. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how on-leave interactions affect students' institutional commitment and motivation to re-enroll. Tinto's (1975) interactionalist model of student departure provided a theoretical framework for investigating the problem of stop-out student attrition. The key finding of this study suggests that Schlossberg's (1989) conception of marginality and mattering applies to the stop-out student experience and explains the step between interactions and integration in Tinto's model. Interactions that made participants feel mattered by their individual points of contact were more meaningful and influential in building affinity with the college environment, positively affecting the desire to re-enroll. Additional research is needed to further explore the stop-out student experience and investigate the reasons students decide not to return to their original institutions.

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Consider the costs of student attrition

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Psychological Distress, Burnout, and Business Student Turnover: The Role of Resilience as a Coping Mechanism

Psychological Distress, Burnout, and Business Student Turnover: The Role of Resilience as a Coping Mechanism

Sistemas de Alerta Temprana para estudiantes en riesgo de abandono de la Educación Superior

Stop-out students’ on-leave experiences: how interactions affect institutional commitment and re-enrollment

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