The Mosaic of Post-Secondary Institutional Attendance: A Twenty-Two Year Perspective. Research Results

Autor/inn/en	Andres, Lesley; Offerhaus, Judith
Institution	British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer
Titel	The Mosaic of Post-Secondary Institutional Attendance: A Twenty-Two Year Perspective. Research Results
Quelle	(2012), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Foreign Countries; Attendance; Credentials; High School Graduates; Enrollment; Colleges; Community Colleges; Two Year Colleges; Vocational Education; Vocational Schools; Participation; College Transfer Students; Articulation (Education); Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Ausland; Anwesenheit; Studienbuch; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Einschulung; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Community college; Community College; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Vocational school; Berufsbildende Schule; Berufsschule; Fachschule; Teilnahme; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Kanada
Abstract	Because of its diversity, the BC post-secondary system offers many routes to credential completion. However, to capture the dynamics of institutional attendance requires a long view of individuals' journeys through the various post-secondary institutions over time. In this report, the authors employ data from the "Paths on Life's Way" project to examine the attendance sequences of the BC high school graduating class of 1988 through the postsecondary system over a 22 year period. The "Paths" data set is ideal in capturing the nature of transitions and trajectories over a long period of time. The main purpose of these analyses are to build on earlier research and to further specify and refine the different templates of institutional trajectories that individuals undertake during the course of their lives. Also, they offer policy implications for BC and beyond from the results of these analyses. In this report, the authors use the analytical technique of sequence analysis. Sequence analysis is ideal for life course research as it uses variables or elements with certain states--in this case post-secondary participation status--that can be ordered into sequences; then, the sequential nature of all elements can be examined simultaneously. The sequence then serves as a representation of an individual's pathway through the postsecondary system. In the analyses presented in this newsletter, each state represents a one year time period. (Contains 7 figures and 4 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10