Student Non-Completion of an Undergraduate Degree: Wrong Program Selection or Part of a Career Plan?

Autor/inn/en	O'Keefe, M.; Laven, G.; Burgess, T.
Titel	Student Non-Completion of an Undergraduate Degree: Wrong Program Selection or Part of a Career Plan?
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 30 (2011) 2, S.165-177 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
Schlagwörter	Career Planning; Course Selection (Students); Sciences; Undergraduate Study; Higher Education; Likert Scales; Comparative Analysis; Outcomes of Education; Academic Achievement; Questionnaires; Undergraduate Students; Biomedicine; Dropouts; Technology; Enrollment; College Transfer Students; School Holding Power; Academic Persistence; Student Reaction; College Freshmen; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Karriereplanung; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Science; Wissenschaft; Grundstudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Likert-Skala; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schulleistung; Fragebogen; Biomedizin; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Technologie; Einschulung; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Schülerkritik; Studienanfänger; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Institution wide comparisons of students who leave university before completing their degree and students who complete their studies, have identified "wrong course selection" and a lack of vocational focus as common reasons for non-completion. It is not fully understood, though, whether these trends are constant across different disciplines and programs and whether all relevant contributing factors, in particular career intentions, have been considered. This study was undertaken to explore reasons for student non-completion in more detail in one program. Students enrolled in an undergraduate health sciences degree completed a questionnaire at enrolment and another 12 months later, regarding their reasons for enrolment, career intentions and expectations for/experiences of learning. Students who did not re-enrol after the first year were invited to complete a separate exit questionnaire regarding their reasons for not re-enrolling. Many students who did not re-enrol after the first year of study transferred to another degree that was more aligned with their career intentions. In this context rather than a "wrong" selection, non-completion of the initial undergraduate degree formed part of a career plan. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10