On- and off-campus student persistence and academic performance

Author

Palmer, Stuart R. ; Bray, Sharyn L.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Technol., Deakin Univ., Geelong, Vic., Australia

Volume

11

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

66

Lastpage

72

Abstract

A study of more than 9000 unit enrolments in an Australian engineering programme found that: (a) the off-campus withdrawal rate was close to twice that for on-campus students; (b) whether a student withdrew or not was highly correlated to their mode of study; (c) the rate of withdrawal was significantly different between the two student groups; (d) the grade distribution for completing students was significantly different between the two groups; (e) the mean final grade was significantly higher for off-campus students; (f) the failure rate for off-campus students was significantly lower; and (g) the overall wastage rate (withdrawn rate plus fail rate) was significantly higher for off-campus students

Keywords

engineering education; Australian engineering programme; Deakin University engineering programmes; academic performance; failure rate; grade distribution; mean final grade; off-campus student persistence; off-campus withdrawal rate; on-campus student persistence; on-campus students; overall wastage rate; study mode;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering Science and Education Journal

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0963-7346

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/esej:20020205

Filename

999867