scholarly journals "Mine is an Atypical Case": An Analysis of Life Stories about the Experience of Higher Education Drop-Out

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
Andrés Santos Sharpe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Atypical Case ◽  
The University

This paper is derived from a field study in the framework of my doctoral dissertation, in which we analyze life stories (Bertaux, 2005) of young people who have discontinued their studies at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) in four courses with a high rate of dropout between the years 2005-2015: Computer Engineering, Anthropological Sciences, Chemical Sciences and Communication Sciences. With that goal in mind, seventy-five interviews were conducted with fifty-nine people: sixteen key informants and forty-three young people who discontinued their university studies between 2005 and 2015.In this paper we present one aspect of the analysis: the reconstruction of the symbolic framework of the discontinuation experience from the perspective of its protagonist, and how this outlines specific types of discontinuation. 

The Predicted Implosion of Japan’s Private Higher Education System

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-34
Author(s):  
Jeremy Breaden ◽  
Roger Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Private University ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Japanese Economy ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Japanese Higher Education ◽  
System P ◽  
University Degree

This chapter tells the story of Japanese higher education from 1992 to 2010, from a period of great stability to one of anticipated implosion. It outlines the widely agreed features of Japanese higher education in the early 1990s, including a clearly defined university hierarchy, high demand for university places, high fees, low drop-out rates, direct links to the labour market, low rates of progression to graduate education, high rate of academic inbreeding, and slow progress on internationalization. Overall, the system was seen as highly developed and relatively stable, but just 10 years later virtually all of these features were under challenge. 1992 saw a peak both in the number of 18-year-olds in the Japanese population and in the global power of the Japanese economy. As the economy went into slowdown and then stagnation and the number of 18-year-olds shrank precipitously, so the voices of those predicting an implosion in the private university sector became louder. The chapter explains why this implosion was considered inevitable because of three intersecting facts: students were recruited almost entirely from school leavers; participation rates were already high; and there would be a 40 per cent drop in the number of school leavers in the population between 1992 and 2010. It then introduces some of the assumptions which followed from this anticipated implosion: dramatic drops in enrolment and revenue; bankruptcies and closures; the search for new markets and modes of operation; a questioning of the whole value of a university degree.

Towards a computerized system of pedagogical orientation to succeed in Morocco University

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
GUERSS Fatima zahra ◽  
AITDAOUD Mohammed ◽  
DOUZI Khadija ◽  
TALBI Mohammed ◽  
NAMIR Abdelouahed
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
The Road ◽  
Behavior Strategies ◽  
The University ◽  
Computerized System

The implementation of educational reform in Morocco is founding of the LMD system in 2003 and the operationalization of the contingency plan (2009-13 / Project 21: Establishment of an information and orientation system efficient) had as objectives the centration on the student (through pedagogical approaches, reception, information, orientation, the rate of student satisfaction, etc.),it is coming to resolve the most persistent problems of which high rate of redoubling and dropping out. However, since then, every year tens of thousands of young people are left on the side of the road after a few months or a few years at the university. This high dropout at the university which  requires to clarify  the behavior, strategies of this young people, and to spot which are the obstacles that can lead to failure and/or dropping out. So that we can deduct a specially adapted system for orientation and learning.The introduction of LMD reform in Morocco use the particularly orientation at this moment, which is still lacking and is the subject of a deep debate of, scientific, professional and political. This debate concerns at once the object of this necessary orientation methodology and its aims. Indeed, in this new context, the orientation toward the university courses depends on: academic achievement, social original and family expectation. Usually, the young are not informed about the games of hierarchies between institutions, sectors and options, as well as the orientation process - missing- that produce differences between pupils, the development for both parents and students, could lead to better orientation.Our research attempts to answer on this major problem of orientation: we propose anontology of the concept of orientation, which adapted to higher learning environment for students; and will offer computers tools to allow students to integrate a scientific journey, that responds well to their learning needs and the helps them succeed their university studies.  Keywords:E-orientation, ontology, orientation, school failure, abandonment.

scholarly journals From the Periphery to the Center: Young People's Agonistic Pathways Towards Higher Education

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-206
Author(s):  
Felipe Salvador Grisolia ◽  
Lucia Rabello De Castro
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Racial Segregation ◽  
Family Influence ◽  
Career Expectations ◽  
Upward Social Mobility ◽  
The University ◽  
The City ◽  
Academic Demands

The present research analyzes the mobilities of young people from the periphery of Rio de Janeiro towards a renowned university situated in a central region of the city. Focusing on a case study with four students, we carried out an in-depth investigation of the dynamics of their professional trajectories. Their personal identifications and values, their future career expectations and the pressures and the demands of attending such a university were investigated. Three focus groups meetings were organized with these students. The results show that the displacement from home to the university, social and racial segregation, and arduous academic demands are factors that pose enormous difficulties to these students and require intense psychological work on their part to persist in their educational investment. Intense conflicts with regards to living up to their ideals characterize an agonistic pathway in their educational endeavor. On the other hand, the prestige of the university, family influence and the belief in upward social mobility were found to support these young people’s decision not to give up. This contradictory dynamic, riddled with uncertainties, mobilizes these young people to find a way to permanently renovate their personal stakes in higher education.

scholarly journals Zintegrowany system wsparcia studentów we współczesnej edukacji – dobre praktyki

1970 ◽  
pp. 185-195
Author(s):  
Magdalena Kot-Radojewska
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Young People ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Student Support ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Educational Role ◽  
The University

The paper argues about the role of higher education not only in terms of knowledge transfer andacquisition of vocational skills among young people, that is, the creation of qualified human capital  for the needs of the economy, but also in terms of implementation of the educational role of the university, one currently underrated. It is aimed at the education of creative, open-minded, responsible graduates, capable of understanding a dynamically changing reality, able to adapt to changes flexibly, and accept responsibility for their own development. The article presents an example of good practices in the field of comprehensive student support in higher education as developed by the University of Dąbrowa Górnicza. This approach, in addition to improving the professional potential of students, is also focused on forming their values, goals, attitudes and beliefs which will significantly affect their behavior and the way they use the acquired knowledge in the future.

What do we know about explanations for drop out/opt out among young people from STM higher education programmes?

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Ulriksen ◽  
Lene Møller Madsen ◽  
Henriette T. Holmegaard
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Opt Out

scholarly journals Innovative potential of the youth creative development at the university stage of professional formation

2020 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-32
Author(s):  
Z Kulsharipova ◽  
◽  
G Mardenova ◽  
R Astanov ◽  
A Zhantlessova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Young People ◽  
Psychological Adaptation ◽  
Creative Development ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Innovative Learning ◽  
The University

One of the main directions of modern higher education is the preparation and development of a future specialist as a highly educated, integrated person with a high level of competence, able to build and fulfill creatively his human and social goals regardless of growing tasks. «In accordance with the requirements of society, the state and the labor market, the higher education system is necessary to ensure the education of young people capable to create professional development in the context of automation and modern advanced technologies. An analysis of the scientific and methodological literature shows that young people at the stage of professional development at the university stage are not independent enough and are not informed about the choice of profession insuffi-ciently. Creative development of students in the process of professional development will solve the problem of reproduction and development of human resources in the country effectively. The article explains the concept of «psychological adaptation» including «professional skills» and also discusses some innovative teaching methods at universities. The main approaches to the introduction of innovations in modern higher education are analyzed. It also identifies the differences between traditional and innovative learning and shows the choice of innovative didactic goals, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of using certain methods.

scholarly journals Always-on in Higher Education – Embedded Use of Mobile Technologies at BME

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Judit Remenyi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Student Experience ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
The University ◽  
University Classrooms ◽  
Pedagogical Changes

Although mobile technologies have been revolutionizing the classrooms globally, not much has happened in the field of integrating them into university classrooms in Hungary. The use and acceptance of mobile technologies by academics is contradictory. The first phase of a research – surveying the patterns of non-encouraged in-class mobile technologies (MT) use at the Department of Technical Education, Budapest University of Technologies and Economics focusing on what characterizes Hungarian students’ non-encouraged in-class use of MT at the University shows that the possibility of initiating MT-based pedagogical changes should not be missed. This can encourage faculty members to initiate innovations by designing and introducing appropriate new methodologies and activities for in-class use of MT to drastically change the student experience and this way decreasing alarming drop-out rates.

scholarly journals Working with Young People at University of Porto

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Jose C. Marques ◽  
Maria T. Restivo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
School Students ◽  
The University

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Scientific Activities in Large Institutions of Higher Education

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 379-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Elina Estébanez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Optimal Exploitation ◽  
Funding Mechanisms ◽  
The University ◽  
Research Resources

The University of Buenos Aires (UBA) is the largest university in Argentina. With a staff and student population of almost 200 000, the coherent organization and exploitation of research resources present a major challenge. The author outlines the problems and proceeds to identify the kinds and degrees of research being undertaken, the funding mechanisms which support it, and the structure and management of the University as they relate to the optimal exploitation of its R&D potential. She then discusses the development of science and technology transfer activities at UBA and the ways in which links with outside institutions and firms are being developed.

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