Leaving Early

Undergraduate Non-completion in Higher Education
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-7507-0896-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

Presents the findings of new research into the problem of students dropping-out from their courses, and provides information that will help institutions understand and address the problem. The book clarifies definitions of non-completion, looks at what influences students to leave early, assesses the implications for the institution's performance and the costs to the public purse. The analysis is illustrated by examples of student experience, and highlights courses of action that may help to reduce the problem.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yorke, Mantz

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables, Acknowledgments, List of Abbreviations, Chapter 1. Non-completion: Important but Under-researched, Chapter 2. What’s Past is Prologue, Chapter 3. Surveying the Domain, Chapter 4. Money, Choice and Quality: Why Full-time and Sandwich Students Leave Early, Chapter 5. ‘It’s the economy, stupid’: Why Part-time Students Leave Early, Chapter 6. The Cost to the Taxpayer, Chapter 7. Non-completion as a Performance Indicator?, Chapter 8. What Can be Done about Non-completion?, Appendices, References, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mantz Yorke