Can the performance effect be ignored in the attendance policy discussion?

Autor/inn/en	Sund, Kristian J.; Bignoux, Stephane
Titel	Can the performance effect be ignored in the attendance policy discussion?
Quelle	In: Higher education quarterly, 72 (2018) 4, S. 360-374Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0263-9769; 0951-5224; 1468-2273
DOI	10.1111/hequ.12172
Schlagwörter	Arbeitskräftebedarf; Fachkraft; Studienverhalten; Akademiker; Hochschule; Eingangsprüfung; Studentenschaft
Abstract	Should universities require students to attend? Academics disagree. One side in the discussion of university attendance policies has tried to dismiss any association between attendance and student performance, insisting that students have a fundamental right to choose what and when to attend. By merging student record data and course attendance data for three cohorts of final year undergraduate students at a London-based university, we are able to isolate attendance effects for 674 students, giving us a large sample, without the inherent weaknesses of more traditional survey methods. We provide fresh empirical evidence for the positive association between attendance and exam performance, and argue for a more balanced view in the attendance policy discussion. Politicians and Higher Education policies are increasingly focused on employability, student retention and completion indicators. Carefully crafted attendance policies can have positive effects on pass and completion rates, primary policy targets of Higher Education funders and policymakers. Attendance effects therefore cannot simply be ignored. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
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Update	2019/2