Framing Attrition in Higher Education: A Complex Problem

Autor/inn/en	Beer, Colin; Lawson, Celeste
Titel	Framing Attrition in Higher Education: A Complex Problem
Quelle	In: Journal of Further and Higher Education, 42 (2018) 4, S.497-508 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lawson, Celeste)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-877X
DOI	10.1080/0309877X.2017.1301402
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Students; Student Attrition; School Holding Power; Universities; Organizational Theories; Content Analysis; Educational Policy; Higher Education; Attrition (Research Studies); Research Problems; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Collegestudent; Schülerbeurlaubung; University; Universität; Organisationstheorie; Inhaltsanalyse; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Forschungskritik; Australien
Abstract	This study situates student attrition within the strategic framework of Australian public universities. It draws on organisational theory to describe higher education within a bureaucratic framework. The study uses a quantitative approach to undertake a content analysis of attrition and retention policy statements from all Australian universities. This reveals that Australian universities, and the higher education sector as a whole, are attempting to address attrition within their existing bureaucracies. Attrition however is a wicked problem that includes many variables outside the influence of universities, which limits the potential of strategic approaches to problem solving. The practical implications of these findings are that current approaches to attrition are likely to fail. The wicked nature of the attrition problem needs to be taken into account when developing strategies or policies within higher education. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01