Dropout in Andalusian universities: prediction and prevention
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Fernández Cruz, Manuel; Álvarez Ferrándiz, Daniel; Fernández García-Valdecasas, Borja; González Castellón, EstherEditorial
Frontiers Media
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Higher education Dropout Prediction
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2024-01-08Referencia bibliográfica
Fernández Cruz M, Álvarez Ferrándiz D, Fernández García-Valdecasas FB and González Castellón E (2024) Dropout in Andalusian universities: prediction and prevention. Front. Educ. 8:1304016. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1304016
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Research with reference B-SEJ-516-UGR18 approved in the call for projects I + D + i FEDER Andalucía 2014-20Resumen
Problem and objective: University dropout is a major problem that affects
more than 31,000 students each year in Andalusian universities, with serious
personal and social consequences and an economic cost of more than 222
million euros for the region’s public administration. As concluded from the
review of explanatory models we reviewed, dropout has a multicausal origin.
The purpose of our work is to test the efficacy of the use of a screening for
the early detection of the risk of academic dropout in Higher Education in
Andalusian universities.
Procedure: We applied a screening instrument adapted for incoming
students in public universities in Andalusia. The survey was applied at the
beginning of the second semester. In this article we present data from a
sample composed of 976 subjects from the universities of Granada UGR,
Jaén UJA and Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla UPO.
Results: With the data obtained we have established the dropout risk group,
which includes those students who do not reach an average score of 3.00 in
the total screening. There are 34 students representing 3.48% of the sample.
Of these 34 students, 26 are women and 8 are men; 20 belong to the UGR,
8 to the UJA and 5 to the UPO. The detection of the risk group will allow the
universities to apply preventive measures in a personalized and adjusted way
to avoid possible dropout.