Nearly 20% of university students don't last full year (1 Viewer)

[Mu5hi]

CLOSE to one in five students drop out of Australian universities by the end of their first year.
They blame unhappiness with the subjects they chose, financial hardship, failing courses and the opportunity to upgrade to a better institution for the high fallout rate.
Latest figures released by the Federal Government show that international students attending Australian tertiary institutions have a higher retention rate.
At Southern Cross University in Lismore, three out of every 10 first-year students dropped out of their courses. The University of Sydney and the University of NSW each had 11 per cent drop-out rates, according to attrition, retention and progress data for 2008 just released by the Government.
The Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education in the Northern Territory had the highest leaving rate in Australia.
Overall, international students displayed a greater ability or willingness to get through the first year and continue with their chosen studies, the figures show.
In her review of the higher education sector, Professor Denise Bradley said each university should be set targets for improved rates of student retention.
In her report, Professor Bradley said factors affecting an individual's completion of a course were complex and could include the level of support from teachers and the institution, course content, course satisfaction, and the student's own expectations and circumstances.
A spokesman for Education Minister Julia Gillard refused to rule out retention targets for universities. He said performance funding would be allocated to universities on the basis of negotiated targets.
''The indicators will include a range of measures,'' the spokesman said. Representatives of the higher education sector were helping to develop a discussion paper on the issue that would be released for consultation within weeks.
Experts said solutions to improve the drop-out rate could include better advice for course choices, greater pastoral care and offering generalist studies in the first year to help students adjust to university life.
Dr Julie McMillan, from the Australian Demographic & Social Research Institute at the Australian National University, said dropping out gave many students opportunities. ''Some moved to different courses or institutions which showed as a drop-out,'' said Dr McMillan, who followed the issue when monitoring a group of students from year 9 through their university years.
''Some defer and return later, which isn't picked up by the statistics.''
International students often performed better than other students.
''They have made a bigger commitment to study than Australian students who are possibly still in their family home … there is a wider interest in the student being here and succeeding,'' she said. ''That acts as a higher motivation.''
Southern Cross University deputy vice-chancellor Bill MacGillivray said losing students cost universities, which had expended resources to attract them.
Southern Cross was launching a multimillion-dollar initiative next year to address its attrition rate, which was affected by a high number of mature-aged students deferring for work or family reasons.

Nearly 20% of university students don't last full year

 

[banco55]

That's because too many people are going to uni. I guarantee you if they did a study they'd find those with UAI's at the lower range would be way over represented in the number of students who don't last a year.

 

[mcflystargirl]

That's because too many people are going to uni. I guarantee you if they did a study they'd find those with UAI's at the lower range would be way over represented in the number of students who don't last a year.

The UAI does not determine sucess or failure at university.

 

[Bigboyjames lol]

Banco55 is a kike.

/thread

 

[Phoenix Fury]

The UAI does not determine sucess or failure at university.

I agree, people may just not really try that hard in HSC cos they have no enthusiasm for what they're doing, when they get to uni and into a course they want, they would be trying harder than high school cos this is what they wanna do.

That said, Id expect that the majority of that 20% would be the lower uais.

 

[ari89]

Is this another of those surveys that doesn't account for students who transfer unis?

Edit: "They blame unhappiness with the subjects they chose, financial hardship, failing courses and the opportunity to upgrade to a better institution for the high fallout rate."
Is it really the same as those who drop out?

 

[scaredytiger]

It also sounds like it might include those who change degrees.

 

[Phoenix Fury]

It also sounds like it might include those who change degrees.

If that's the case, this hoo-hah is a joke/waste of time.

 

[Uncle]

They blame unhappiness with the subjects they chose

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[katietheskatie]

The Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education in the Northern Territory had the highest leaving rate in Australia.

lol

 

[banco55]

I'm sure the budding scholars from the Batchelor institute are transferring at a hight rate to UNSW, ANU etc.

 

[Bigboyjames lol]

I'm sure the budding scholars from the Batchelor institute are transferring at a hight rate to UNSW, ANU etc.

oi cunt face. take your kike talk some where else dick head

 

[bio_nut]

Is this another of those surveys that doesn't account for students who transfer unis?

Edit: "They blame unhappiness with the subjects they chose, financial hardship, failing courses and the opportunity to upgrade to a better institution for the high fallout rate."
Is it really the same as those who drop out?

It also sounds like it might include those who change degrees.

Yep, it includes those categories.

 

[Bigboyjames lol]

Yep, it includes those categories.

thanks for wasting a whole post to tell us what we already figured out while reading the thread.

thanks cunt

 

[bio_nut]

thanks for wasting a whole post to tell us what we already figured out while reading the thread.

thanks cunt

How can a post be wasted? Maybe your time can be, but it's not like there's a post limit. The same could be applied to what you just posted.

Just confirming their musings.



Fuck off, paki filth. Go find some women to rape in accordance with your religion, I understand that's acceptable, but sex before marriage where the woman consents is not, yeah?

 

[Bigboyjames lol]

How can a post be wasted? Maybe your time can be, but it's not like there's a post limit. The same could be applied to what you just posted.

Just confirming their musings.



Fuck off, paki filth. Go find some women to rape in accordance with your religion, I understand that's acceptable, but sex before marriage where the woman consents is not, yeah?

hey jewish cunt. spout your bullshit to someone who actually gives a flying fuck about religion, rape and sex before marriage.

now get on your knees and suck me off.

 

[bio_nut]

Lol, not Jewish.

If you didn't, you wouldn't post rubbish so often, would you?


No thanks, I don't fellate animals.

 

[Bigboyjames lol]

m8 u are Jew. why lie for.

I don't post rubbish, I contribute to this forum in a very positive manner. It is due to my intellectual style of discussing sensitve topics like Jew-shitness that traffic to NCAP has increased ten fold.

well, your mum has been fella-ting me. I just thought like mother like daughter.

 

[bio_nut]

Nah, nothing in common with her m8

 

[Bigboyjames lol]

ohk my mistake m8