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| Autor/in | Ellis, Holly |
|---|---|
| Titel | A Nontraditional Conundrum: The Dilemma of Nontraditional Student Attrition in Higher Education |
| Quelle | In: College Student Journal, 53 (2019) 1, S.24-32 (9 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 0146-3934 |
| Schlagwörter | Nontraditional Students; Undergraduate Students; Student Attrition; Dropout Characteristics; Online Courses; Higher Education; Age Differences; Adults; Academic Degrees; Academic Persistence |
| Abstract | In a culture that is highly focused on student retention, higher education faculty, staff, and administrators have turned their eyes to a demographic of students that have historically demonstrated a high rate of attrition -- nontraditional students. Little research related to these students, however, has looked at persistence and even less has investigated persistence in courses and course assignments, focusing primarily on persistence in degree programs. Using a chi-square test as an initial test to identify a potential relationship, this study, therefore, sought to extend the limited existing research beyond persistence in a degree program by exploring nontraditional student persistence in a single course and related course activities. Contrary to existing research, which suggests nontraditional students persist less, this study found that nontraditional students persisted significantly more than their traditional counterparts. This finding suggests that a conundrum exists: nontraditional students may persist more in single courses and related assignments but less in degree programs. A greater effort, then, must be placed on identifying why this phenomenon is occurring and determining how to support nontraditional students in persisting in courses so they can, in turn, persist in degree programs. (As Provided). |
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| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2024/1/01 |
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