Benchmarking the Habits and Behaviours of Successful Students: A Case Study of Academic-Business Collaboration

Autor/inn/en	Archer, Elizabeth; Chetty, Yuraisha Bianca; Prinsloo, Paul
Titel	Benchmarking the Habits and Behaviours of Successful Students: A Case Study of Academic-Business Collaboration
Quelle	In: International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 15 (2014) 1, S.62-83 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1492-3831
Schlagwörter	Benchmarking; Student Behavior; Foreign Countries; Academic Achievement; Academic Persistence; School Holding Power; Universities; School Business Relationship; Case Studies; Pilot Projects; Measurement Techniques; Models; Prediction; Distance Education; Surveys; Profiles; College Students; Success; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Schulleistung; University; Universität; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Messtechnik; Analogiemodell; Vorhersage; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Collegestudent; Erfolg; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Student success and retention is a primary goal of higher education institutions across the world. The cost of student failure and dropout in higher education is multifaceted including, amongst other things, the loss of revenue, prestige, and stakeholder trust for both institutions and students. Interventions to address this are complex and varied. While the dominant thrust has been to investigate academic and non-academic risk factors thus applying a "risk" lens, equal attention should be given to exploring the characteristics of successful students which expands the focus to include "requirements for success". Based on a socio-critical model for understanding of student success and retention, the University of South Africa (Unisa) initiated a pilot project to benchmark successful students' habits and behaviours using a tool employed in business settings, namely Shadowmatch®. The original focus was on finding a theoretically valid measured for habits and behaviours to examine the critical aspect of student agency in the social critical model. Although this was not the focus of the pilot, concerns regarding using a commercial tool in an academic setting overshadowed the process. This paper provides insights into how academic-business collaboration could allow an institution to be more dynamic and flexible in supporting its student population. (As Provided).
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