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Has the open door become a revolving door? The impact on attrition of moving from elite to mass higher education
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Kember, D and Leung, D and Prosser, M, Has the open door become a revolving door? The impact on attrition of moving from elite to mass higher education, Studies in Higher Education, 46, (2) pp. 258-269. ISSN 0307-5079 (2021) [Refereed Article]
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© 2019 Society for Research into Higher Education
DOI: doi:10.1080/03075079.2019.1629411
Abstract
As higher education has made the transition from elite to mass enrolments,
the student body has become more diverse and online and blended
learning have become more common. This study aimed to examine the
impacts on attrition of admitting a more diverse student body with the
shift towards online and blended learning. A hypothesised path model
of attrition was tested with structural equation modelling. The model
contained four presage variables related to the changed demographic of
the student body and alternative modes of study; attendance mode,
admission basis, remoteness and socio-economics status. There were two
intervening variables; age and year of study. The two outcome variables
were dropout and GPA value. The model was tested against a large
sample of data from a student record system of a regional Australian
university. The model showed a good fit to the data predicting that the
expansion of higher education, along with the increasing use of online
and blended learning, will impact on attrition.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | attrition, online learning, model, structural equation modelling, path model, mass higher education |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Education systems |
Research Field: | Continuing and community education |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Learner and learning |
Objective Field: | Higher education |
UTAS Author: | Kember, D (Professor David Kember) |
UTAS Author: | Prosser, M (Professor Michael Prosser) |
ID Code: | 145198 |
Year Published: | 2021 (online first 2019) |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 12 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2021-07-09 |
Last Modified: | 2021-09-17 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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