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‘What retention’ means to me: the position of the adult learner in student retention [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Studies of student retention and progression overwhelmingly appear adopt definitions that place the institution, rather than the student, at the centre. Retention is most often conceived in terms of linear and continuous progress between institutionally ...
A Woodley   +13 more
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Encouraging engagement in enabling programs: The students’ perspective

open access: yesStudent Success, 2017
Student retention is a key concern in tertiary education enabling programs with research showing that early engagement leads to higher completion rates (Hodges et al., 2013). But how do students new to university education learn how to engage effectively?
Suzi Hellmundt, Dallas Baker
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Prediction of early dropout in higher education using the SCPQ

open access: yesCogent Psychology, 2022
There is enormous concern at the international level vis-à-vis the retention of students in universities. Given that dropout rates and their social repercussions are causing great concern worldwide, researchers have been examining this issue to establish
Emilio Jesús Lizarte Simón   +1 more
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Use of machine learning to assess factors affecting progression, retention, and graduation in first-year health professions students in Qatar: a longitudinal study

open access: yesBMC Medical Education, 2023
Background Across higher education, student retention, progression, and graduation are considered essential elements of students’ academic success. However, there is scarce literature analyzing these attributes across health professions education.
Dalal Hammoudi Halat   +6 more
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Reflections: Rethinking Engagement and Student Persistence

open access: yesStudent Success, 2023
We are delighted to feature this timely reflective article on Rethinking Engagement and Student Persistence by Professor Vincent Tinto, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University, United States of America (USA).
Vincent Tinto
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Predicting Engineering Student Retention [PDF]

open access: yes2004 Annual Conference Proceedings, 2020
Comment: 10 ...
Eugene P. Deess   +3 more
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The Effects of a First Year Engineering Class Using the SCALE-Up Method on Student Retention and Subsequent Student Pass Rates [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Due to the increased demand for engineers, the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) created a new, first year engineering class using the Student-Centered Active Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogies (SCALE-Up) method to specifically address
Ewing, David
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Tutoring support as a predictor of student retention in distance learning: The case of a University in Ghana

open access: yesOpen Praxis, 2020
The tutor’s role in enhancing student retention in distance learning is paramount. This study aims to predict retention and not actual retention by investigating how tutoring support predicts student retention in distance learning at the University of ...
Vera Arhin, John Ekow Laryea
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Understanding the Synergistic Relationship between Student Retention and Student Development Theories

open access: yesJournal of Postsecondary Student Success, 2022
Though theories about retention and student development have been in the literature for decades, they have mainly existed in silos with little exploration of how they could or should be used together.
Vasti Torres, Lucy LePeau
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MIC MAC method applied to the identification of key variables for reducing student dropout, case of the Business Administration program – UNAD, Colombia

open access: yesRAN, 2020
This article unveils key variables identified by MIC MAC method (Matrix of Crossed Impacts Multiplication Applied to Classification) related to student dropout from the business administration program of the National Open and Distance University-UNAD ...
María Erika Narváez-Ferrín   +1 more
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