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Staying or Leaving the Course
Non-completion and retention of mature students in further and higher education
2nd Edition
| Veronica McGivney ISBN 1 86201 175 3 August 2003 - 2nd Edition More titles on Participation |
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Are widening participation policies having a detrimental effect on retention and completion rates?
Staying or Leaving the Course explores the continuing challenges of retention and non-completion rates in further and higher education and the implications of having an expanding and more diverse student population.
Based on research findings and evidence from further and higher education, McGivney investigates the scale and nature of mature student withdrawal and explores the reasons behind it. The final section outlines strategies for dealing with the most common causes of withdrawal and for improving retention rates.
First published in 1996, Staying or Leaving the Course is now perhaps more pertinent than ever. Including a new foreword from the author, this edition shows that while the educational context may have changed, many of the issues have not.
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Contents
| Foreword to the Second Edition | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Part 1: | What Do We Know About
Retention and Withdrawal Rates?
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| Part 2 | What Do We Know About the
Reasons for Non-Completion?
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| Part 3 | Strategies for Improving
Retention
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| Bibliography 183 | |
| Appendices 192 | |
| Index 197 |
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