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The Role of Student Support Services in Enhancing Student Persistence in the Open University Context: Lesson from Indonesia Open University
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Arifin, Muhammad Husni – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018
The high number of non-enrolment students had decreased the retention rates in the Indonesia Open University. Prior studies revealed that student support had a pivotal role in enhancing student persistence. Therefore, this study was aimed to explore contribution of student support in increasing student persistence by employing mixed methods…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Academic Support Services, Academic Persistence
Proposed Training Module on Goal Setting and Decision-Making Skills for Distant Learners
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Ibrahim, Aminu Kazeem; Tanglang, Nebath – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
Inappropriate goal setting and decision-making skills are threat to distant learners' completion of academic programme, development and social well-being. This was realised following two related studies carried out by the authors of this write-up in addition to facts from reviewed literatures as one of the factors responsible for low retention and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training, Learning Modules, Goal Orientation
Academic Library Collaboration in Supporting Students Pre-Induction: The Head Start Project
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Fraser, James; Shaw, Karen; Ruston, Sarah – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2013
For higher education institutions in the United Kingdom there is a growing focus on improving student retention, encouraging academic engagement, and easing transition into university life. This article reports on the creation and outcomes of Head Start, a pre-induction online course created to provide students with a level of understanding of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Networks, Institutional Cooperation, Information Literacy
Staying on Course: Factors Which Impact on Students' Completing Their Courses.
Grant, Peter – 2002
A study explored possible reasons why technical and further education (TAFE) students enrolling in vocational education and training (VET) courses in New South Wales, Victoria, and Western Australia do not complete those courses. Findings were based on these two kinds of evidence: evidence obtained from a statistical investigation of the outcomes…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Course Organization, Course Selection (Students), Dropout Prevention
Outcomes for Vocational Education and Training Diploma and Associate Diploma Students.
Dumbrell, Tom; de Montfort, Rowena; Finnegan, Wendy – 2001
A study examined outcomes for graduates and module completers who studied in associate diploma, diploma, and advanced diploma courses, using data from the 1999 Student Outcomes Survey, together with focus groups in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide. One aim was to determine whether module completers had different training needs than graduates;…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Dropouts, Associate Degrees, Developed Nations
WWW.Raising Achievement: Internet Research Resources on Raising Achievement in Post-Compulsory Education. The Agency Comments.
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Sawbridge, Stephen J. – 2001
This document is intended to help practitioners and researchers in the United Kingdom find and use Internet-based research resources dealing with raising achievement. The introduction discusses the state of research into school effectiveness in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Part A, which reviews available World Wide Web sites devoted to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adoption (Ideas), Basic Skills