Identifying Attrition Risk Based on the First Year Experience

Autor/inn/en	Naylor, Ryan; Baik, Chi; Arkoudis, Sophia
Titel	Identifying Attrition Risk Based on the First Year Experience
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 37 (2018) 2, S.328-342 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Naylor, Ryan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2017.1370438
Schlagwörter	Student Attrition; At Risk Students; College Freshmen; National Surveys; Construct Validity; Robustness (Statistics); Scores; Self Disclosure (Individuals); Online Surveys; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Risk Assessment; Student Experience; Withdrawal (Education); Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerbeurlaubung; Studienanfänger; Widerstandsfähigkeit; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität; Risikoabschätzung; Studienerfahrung; Kursabbruch; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Using data collected from a recent national survey of Australian first-year students, this paper defines and validates four scales--belonging, feeling supported, intellectual engagement and workload stress--to measure the student experience of university. These scales provide insights into the university experience for both groups and individual students, to assist institutions in supporting and managing successful outcomes for their students. These data highlight the particular importance of a sense of belonging and mitigating workload stress to addressing attrition risk. Many traditional equity groups were found to only differ significantly from "traditional" students on the stress scale. However, these groups potentially contain enormous individual variation, and even the average experiences of these groups reveal that complexity in the engagement, motivation and sense of belonging of students from equity backgrounds. Importantly, the scales presented in this paper can easily be used by practitioners, researchers and institutions to identify risk of attrition at an individual level based on attitudinal factors rather than background or behavioural factors. This may inform university strategy and practice to enhance the student experience and increase retention across the sector. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01