Teaching students strategies for learning embedded in all courses should be an important part of all conversations about student retention.
L’expertise universitaire, l’exigence journalistique
Articles sur Student retention
Ensemble des articles
The Universities Accord draft report says universities have an ‘obligation to students to foster belonging’. It also notes ‘too few’ Australians are completing their degrees.
Seeing grit as a panacea among historically disadvantaged students can be a dangerous distraction from other barriers to student retention.
Students from low-income backgrounds fare better when they are able to take career and technical classes in STEM, new research shows.
Universities need to better accommodate student employment to improve the retention of online students.
Lower completion rates for rural and remote universities are not necessarily a reflection on the quality of the educational experience they provide, but reflect the demographics of their students.
Students feel they are not getting the support they need, despite research showing that the relationships students have with their lecturers can have a big influence over retention rates.
There are some factors which make students more likely to drop out of university than others. Here are four ways universities can help boost retention.
Bill Shorten has said he wants to reduce the number of uni students dropping out. Here’s one way to do it.
Les contributeurs les plus fréquents
-
Professor in Marketing, Charles Darwin University
-
Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
-
Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
-
Professor and Higher Education Researcher, Charles Sturt University
-
Professor, University of Sydney
-
Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Wollongong
-
Research Director, Australian Council for Educational Research
-
Masters Graduate, University of Liverpool
-
Assistant Professor in Workforce Development and Education at The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University
-
Instructor, Sociology, Toronto Metropolitan University
-
Senior Researcher, University of South Africa
-
Senior Lecturer, Management, University of Tasmania
