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) |
ERA Conference ID | 42271 |
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 for Engineering Education (AaeE 2010): Past, Present, Future - the 'Keys' to Engineering Education Research and Practice |
AAEE - Annual Conference of Australasian Association for Engineering Education | |
Event Details | AAEE - Annual Conference of Australasian Association for Engineering Education Rank B B B B B B B B B |
Event Details | 21st Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AaeE 2010): Past, Present, Future - the 'Keys' to Engineering Education Research and Practice 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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