Part time study distorts student attrition rates in engineering programs
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Paper/Presentation Title | Part time study distorts student attrition rates in engineering programs |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Gibbings, Peter (Author), Godfrey, Elizabeth (Author), King, Robin (Author) and Wandel, Weide (Author) |
Editors | Gardner, Anne and Jolly, Lesley |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2010) |
Number of Pages | 7 |
Year | 2010 |
Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
ISBN | 9780646546100 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://aaee.com.au/conferences/AAEE2010/PDF/AUTHOR/AE100018.PDF |
Conference/Event | 21st Annual Conference for the Australasian Association of Engineering Education (AAEE 2010) |
Event Details | Rank B B B B B B B B |
Event Details | 21st Annual Conference for the Australasian Association of Engineering Education (AAEE 2010) Parent Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Delivery In person Event Date 05 to end of 08 Dec 2010 Event Location Sydney, Australia |
Abstract | Standard four-year full-time engineering degrees commonly take eight years when studied part-time by distance education and this can distort apparent retention and attrition rates. Recent publications indicate the national part-time annual retention rate for engineering degrees at regional universities is 62.85%. Extending this over eight years, only 2.4% of part time students who enter the program could be expected to graduate. Whilst most would agree that this graduation rate is quite ridiculous, what would be a reasonable graduation rate? This paper presents empirical data to determine the actual graduation rates achieved with a predominantly part time cohort of students at a regional university. The results highlight the |
Keywords | part-time study; engineering; attrition rates |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390113. Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy |
390402. Education assessment and evaluation | |
409999. Other engineering not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | © 2010 Australasian Association for Engineering Education. The authors assign to AaeE and educational non-profit institutions a non-exclusive licence to use this document for personal use and in courses of instruction provided that the article is used in full and this copyright statement is reproduced. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Surveying and Land Information |
University of Technology Sydney | |
Faculty of Engineering and Surveying |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q02v2/part-time-study-distorts-student-attrition-rates-in-engineering-programs
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