The determinants of academic outcomes in a competing risks approach

Evidence from Italy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4096802
AutoresRenata Clerici (0000-0002-9278-9904, University of Padua), Anna Giraldo (0000-0002-8713-3564, University of Padua), Silvia Meggiolaro (0000-0002-2515-9208, University of Padua, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen40
Número9
Páginas1535-1549
Fecha de publicación2015-10-21
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2013.878835
OpenAlexW2108828390
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas31

The literature has suggested that studentsâ progress at university is influenced by their personal characteristics; this paper examines whether these factors act differently according to the study fields of degree courses in which students are enrolled. In particular, the factors influencing the various outcomes of the university programme (withdrawals, course changes, delays, completion of degrees) in three-year degree courses in a large Italian university are analysed from the perspective of study fields. We examined the records of over 32,000 students enrolling from academic years 2002/03 to 2005/06 in 84 first-cycle degree courses, grouped in four different fields of study. Analyses were conducted by considering the time dimension within the methodological approach of survival analysis, by means of individual longitudinal data from university administrative archives. A discrete-time method for competing risks event history analysis was applied to study the determinants of university outcomes in the various fields of study

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