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Identifying possible causes for high and low retention rates in language and culture programs at the Australian National University: A characterization of three groups of students crucial for understanding student attrition

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dc.contributor.authorMartin, Mario Daniel
dc.contributor.authorJansen, Louise
dc.contributor.editorJohn Hajek
dc.contributor.editorColin Nettelbeck
dc.contributor.editorAnya Woods
dc.coverage.spatialMelbourne Australia
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:58:11Z
dc.date.createdSeptember 26-28 2011
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2021-08-01T08:44:24Z
dc.description.abstractIn this contribution we summarise the main results of a student retention and attrition study carried out at Australian National University in 2008-2009. We focus on a crucial finding of the study, namely that the dichotomy continuing/ discontinuing to classify students needs to be reconceptualised. Three very different groups of students are identified: (1) Continuing students who indicated that they had not considered seriously the possibility of discontinuing, (2) Continuing students who indicated that they had seriously considered the possibility of discontinuing (but had continued nevertheless), and (3) Students who had discontinued their language and culture studies. The second group is analogous to the 'at risk' group conceptualised in other student attrition studies. Conclusions for future retention and attrition studies are presented.
dc.identifier.isbn9781921944901
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/60738
dc.publisherLanguages & Cultures Network for Australian Universities
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLanguages & Cultures Network for Australian Universities Colloquium (LCNAU 2011)
dc.rightsWith the exception of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, and where otherwise noted, all material presented in this document is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence (http://creativecom mans.org/Licenses/by/3.O/au/).
dc.sourceProceedings of Inaugural LCNAU Colloquium
dc.source.urihttp://www.lcnau.org/proceedings/2011-proceedings/
dc.titleIdentifying possible causes for high and low retention rates in language and culture programs at the Australian National University: A characterization of three groups of students crucial for understanding student attrition
dc.typeConference paper
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage219
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage175
local.contributor.affiliationMartin, Mario Daniel, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationJansen, Louise, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidMartin, Mario Daniel, u3800202
local.contributor.authoruidJansen, Louise, u8101913
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor200405 - Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)
local.identifier.absseo950201 - Communication Across Languages and Culture
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9803255xPUB559
local.type.statusPublished Version

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