‘I just think it’s really awkward’: transitioning to higher education and the implications for student retention

Abstract

Do w nlo a d e d fro m: h t t p://s u r e . s u n d e rl a n d . a c . u k/id/ e p ri n t/ 1 4 8 1 3/ 1 'I just think it's really awkward': Transitioning to Higher Education and the implications for student retention.

Managing Internal Personal Factors of Business Student Drop-Out to Build Retention

“…First-year undergraduate students are most at risk of dropping out [7], [18]. In OECD countries [19], this affects 12% of students.…”

“…(In all OECD countries with available data, women have higher completion rates than men in undergraduate programs.) Expectations, perceptions, and experiences of students in their first year of higher education are considered significant predictors of student satisfaction with the course, engagement, and engagement in learning [7], [20], [21].…”

“…A low number of graduates who successfully complete a degree program can lead to negative feedback from students and, as a result, damage the reputation of the college [22]. Especially nowadays, the student is perceived as a customer and universities basically compete for him [7], [23].…”

“…The purpose of this study is to better understand the causes of university students' decision to leave a study program and thus to distinguish predictors that can be structural, institutional, and individual in nature [5], although we emphasize that the causes of early exit from university studies are certainly multifactorial [7], [18], [22], [24], respectively rather, we should think about bundles (groups, areas, combinations) of these factors (variables). Based on the conducted investigation [17], it can be stated that there is rarely a single reason or reasons in one area that led students to leave college early.…”

“…Dropping out of higher education institution is one of the most significant issues facing the higher education community [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], primarily because these are sunk costs in the global, societal, institutional and individual dimensions [6], [7]. To minimize the waste of financial and human resources, universities are increasingly looking for promising measures and programs to identify and assist students who are at risk of dropping out.…”