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An exploratory study of factors affecting attrition within an ICT degree

conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 14:31 authored by Nicole HerbertNicole Herbert, Herbert, D, Erik WapstraErik Wapstra, Kristy de SalasKristy de Salas, Tina AcunaTina Acuna
While the number of students commencing an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) degree has grown over the last few years, the high attrition rate m ICT degrees is a major concern of both the ICT industry and higher education. This empirical study analyses what pre-tertiary factors, such as gender, citizenship, age, and entry qualification, are useful in detecting when a student is likely to withdraw from an undergraduate ICT degree. Academic advisors can use the information to apply appropriate intervention measures at times when they are most likely to be effective at reducing attrition. For some pre-tertiary factors it is recommended to apply the intervention measures before a problem has arisen.

History

Publication title

Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2020)

Editors

A Luxton-Reilly & C Szabo

Pagination

76-85

ISBN

978-1-4503-7686-0

Department/School

School of Information and Communication Technology

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery, Inc

Place of publication

United States

Event title

Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Computing Education Conference

Event Venue

Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia

Date of Event (Start Date)

2020-02-04

Date of Event (End Date)

2020-02-06

Rights statement

Copyright 2020 The Authors

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum

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