External Studies has been in operation at Goulburn
College of Advanced Education for ten years (1970 - 1980).
During this time nearly 1,800 students have been involved
in the external programmes. Over half of these students
have not completed their studies.
This field-study is an attempt to document the actual
drop-out rates for the various programmes and to compare
the results obtained with statistics available from other
tertiary institutions in Australia and overseas. Factors
such as student age and sex as related to achievement and
time of withdrawal are investigated.
The statistics are largely drawn from student files
and a questionnaire distributed to a sample of external
students.
The main thrust of the study is to ascertain the
reasons for student withdrawal in an attempt to reduce
the attrition rates in the future. Drop-out was found to
be the result of a number of contributing factors rather
than deriving from any particular reason.
The field-study shows that drop-out rates at
Goulburn are somewhat similar to those experienced by
other tertiary institutions, but that the attrition rate
during the first semester of study is excessive.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219296 |
| Date | January 1980 |
| Creators | Roberts, David W., n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright David W. Roberts |
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