Leaving early : undergraduate non-completion in higher education / Mantz Yorke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yorke, Mantz.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College attendance--Great Britain.

College attendance.

College dropouts--Great Britain.

College dropouts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Other Title:

Undergraduate non-completion in higher education

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia, PA : Falmer Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents the findings of new research into the problem of students dropping-out from their courses, and provides information that will help institutions understand and address the problem. The book clarifies definitions of non-completion, looks at what influences students to leave early, assesses the implications for the institution's performance and the costs to the public purse. The analysis is illustrated by examples of student experience, and highlights courses of action that may help to reduce the problem.

Contents:

chapter 1 Non-completion: Important but Under-researched

chapter 2 What's Past is Profilogue

chapter 3 Surveying the Domain

chapter 4 Money, Choice and Quality: Why Full-time and Sandwich Students Leave Early

chapter 5 It's the economy, stupid: Why Part-time Students Leave Early

chapter 6 The Cost to the Taxpayer

chapter 7 Non-completion as a Performance Indicator?

chapter 8 What Can be Done about Non-completion?.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-158) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-70722-7

1-135-70723-5

1-280-40249-0

0-203-28928-5

0-203-20947-8

9780203209479

OCLC:

70763340