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Acevedo, Fernando – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2023
In the last 40 years in much of the western world dropout rates in higher education have remained almost unchanged. Although student retention seems to be the most studied and discussed aspect, nearly every empirical study on the causes of dropout in higher education and even more the impact of retention actions carried out by universities, in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Foreign Countries
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Leveson, Lynne; McNeil, Nicola; Joiner, Therese – Higher Education Research and Development, 2013
The role of institutional factors in students' intentions to persist with or withdraw from their studies is well established in the literature. More recently, the influence of factors external to the institution has been highlighted as well. This study investigates the relationship between levels of engagement of first-year students undertaking a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Persistence, Dropouts, Learner Engagement