Has the Open Door Become a Revolving Door? The Impact on Attrition of Moving from Elite to Mass Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Kember, David; Leung, Doris; Prosser, Michael
Titel	Has the Open Door Become a Revolving Door? The Impact on Attrition of Moving from Elite to Mass Higher Education
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 46 (2021) 2, S.258-269 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kember, David)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2019.1629411
Schlagwörter	Student Diversity; Electronic Learning; Blended Learning; Student Attrition; College Attendance; College Admission; Socioeconomic Status; Access to Education; Student Characteristics; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Dropouts; Grade Point Average; Academic Persistence; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerbeurlaubung; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Ausland; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Australien
Abstract	As higher education has made the transition from elite to mass enrolments, the student body has become more diverse and online and blended learning have become more common. This study aimed to examine the impacts on attrition of admitting a more diverse student body with the shift towards online and blended learning. A hypothesised path model of attrition was tested with structural equation modelling. The model contained four presage variables related to the changed demographic of the student body and alternative modes of study; attendance mode, admission basis, remoteness and socio-economics status. There were two intervening variables; age and year of study. The two outcome variables were dropout and GPA value. The model was tested against a large sample of data from a student record system of a regional Australian university. The model showed a good fit to the data predicting that the expansion of higher education, along with the increasing use of online and blended learning, will impact on attrition. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01