Leaving Early: Undergraduate Non-completion in Higher Education

by Mantz Yorke

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135707224
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/14/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	392 KB

About the Author

Mantz Yorke

Table of Contents

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