Undergraduate non-completion rates: Differences between UK universities
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Higher Education
- Vol. 18 (2), 209-225
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00139181
Abstract
The non-completion rate of university students differs substantially between UK universities. This paper provides estimates of non-completion rates for the 1979 and 1980 entry cohorts into each university and suggests a number of reasons which may have contributed to these inter-university differences. Statistical analysis indicates that a large proportion of the inter-university variation in the non-completion rate can be explained by three main factors: the scholastic ability of each university's new entrants (as reflected by A-level score), the subject mix of each university, and the proportion of each university's students accommodated in a hall of residence. The main conclusion is that inter-university comparisons in the non-completion rate are of little value unless account is taken of differences in the scholastic ability of each university's intake of students.Keywords
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