Catching the Early Walker: An Examination of Potential Antecedents of Rapid Student Exit from Business-Related Undergraduate Degree Programmes in a Post-1992 University

Autor/inn/en	Bennett, Roger; Kottasz, Rita; Nocciolino, Julia
Titel	Catching the Early Walker: An Examination of Potential Antecedents of Rapid Student Exit from Business-Related Undergraduate Degree Programmes in a Post-1992 University
Quelle	In: Journal of Further and Higher Education, 31 (2007) 2, S.109-132 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-877X
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Business Administration Education; Academic Persistence; School Holding Power; Dropout Research; Dropouts; Questionnaires; College Freshmen; Student Characteristics; High Risk Students; Self Concept; Social Influences; Student Motivation; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Fragebogen; Studienanfänger; Problemschüler; Selbstkonzept; Sozialer Einfluss; Schulische Motivation; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Outputs from a computerised touch pad turnstile security system that recorded business students' entries into and exits from a university's buildings revealed that a significant number of the institution's first-year intake withdrew from their (business) degree programmes within a few weeks of enrolment. Accordingly, a sample of these "early walkers" was contacted and interviewed to ascertain why they had dropped out. The outcomes to the interviews were compared against the predictions of a model of early walking behaviour developed on the basis of pre-existing literature in the (general rather than short-term) student withdrawal field. A questionnaire was then drafted and administered to all beginning domestic first-year undergraduate students in the university's business studies department in order to establish the characteristics of the students who were most likely to quit their courses shortly after starting a degree. (Contains 4 tables, 1 figure, and 5 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10