Informing Institutional Management: Institutional Strategies and Student Retention

Autor/inn/en	Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Frolich, Nicoline; Aamodt, Per Olaf
Titel	Informing Institutional Management: Institutional Strategies and Student Retention
Quelle	In: European Journal of Education, 48 (2013) 1, S.165-177 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-8211
DOI	10.1111/ejed.12002
Schlagwörter	School Holding Power; Student Characteristics; Universities; Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Educational Strategies; Educational Policy; Academic Achievement; Academic Persistence; Educational Attainment; Dropouts; Case Studies; Student Surveys; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? University; Universität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Lehrstrategie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Schulleistung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Schülerbefragung; Norwegen
Abstract	European universities are facing demands for better student retention, especially in countries where state funding is no longer based on the number of students, but on the number of graduates. An extensive literature on retention focuses on the characteristics of students who leave higher education without a degree. Much less is known about the measures taken by higher education institutions to encourage study progress. This article examines whether retention strategies are incorporated into the institutions’ overall strategies and the policies and activities developed by universities to foster study progress and enhance retention rates. The results suggest that the universities’ overall strategies and retention activities are loosely coupled and that the universities tend to use blanket measures addressing retention, regardless of why students are leaving. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10