Johnes, Jill and Taylor, Jim (1989) Undergraduate non-completion rates:differences between UK universities. Higher Education, 18 (2). pp. 209-225. ISSN 0018-1560
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The non-completion rate of university students differs substantially between UK universities. This paper provides estimates of non-completion rates for the 1979 and 1980 entry cohorts into each university and suggests a number of reasons which may have contributed to these inter-university differences. Statistical analysis indicates that a large proportion of the inter-university variation in the non-completion rate can be explained by three main factors: the scholastic ability of each university's new entrants (as reflected by A-level score), the subject mix of each university, and the proportion of each university's students accommodated in a hall of residence. The main conclusion is that inter-university comparisons in the non-completion rate are of little value unless account is taken of differences in the scholastic ability of each university's intake of students.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Higher Education |
| Subjects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Departments: | Lancaster University Management School > Economics |
| ID Code: | 51298 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 22 Nov 2011 15:03 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 19:49 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/51298 |
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