Exploring the Retention of Students Studying Higher Education at Partner Colleges

Autor/in	Wood, Colin
Titel	Exploring the Retention of Students Studying Higher Education at Partner Colleges
Quelle	In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 17 (2012) 1, S.21-37 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-6748
DOI	10.1080/13596748.2012.649614
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Adult Education; School Holding Power; Correlation; Academic Persistence; Colleges; Foreign Countries; Dropouts; Undergraduate Study; Student Attrition; Partnerships in Education; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Korrelation; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Ausland; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Grundstudium; Schülerbeurlaubung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Großbritannien
Abstract	The study considers the retention of 708 students studying for higher education awards at further education colleges in 2008-2009. The study challenges the relevance of literature on retention at higher education institutions to students studying at partner colleges. Using data provided on registration and end-of-year status, the study considers individual factors identified by Yorke and Longden that relate to withdrawal in the first year of study. The findings of the study suggest that the diversity of students and the high degree of variability between courses mean that the institutional habitus of partner colleges is highly contextual. Consequently, the relationship between individual factors and withdrawal is seen as both complex and contextual. (Contains 5 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10