The effects of prolonged higher education: a study on the Federal University of Espirito Santo

Prolonged staying in higher education is the condition in which the student requires a period of time longer than the expected in the curriculum matrix for course conclusion. In the Federal University of Espirito Santo, 52.2% of students who should graduate in the periods 2007/2 to 2012/1 were retai...

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Autores: Pereira, Alexandre Severino, Carneiro, Teresa Cristina Janes, Brasil, Gutemberg Hespanha, Corassa, Maria Auxiliadora de Carvalho
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Recursos:Fundação Cesgranrio
Repositorio:Ensaio (Rio de Janeiro. Online)
Idioma:portugués
inglés
español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.localhost:article/774
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.cesgranrio.org.br/index.php/ensaio/article/view/774
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Higher education; Student retention; Prolonged staying; Logistic regression
Educacion superior presencial; Retraso de los estudiantes; Permanencia prolongada; Regresion logistica
Educação superior; Retencao discente; Permanencia prolongada; Regressao logistica
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Resumo:Prolonged staying in higher education is the condition in which the student requires a period of time longer than the expected in the curriculum matrix for course conclusion. In the Federal University of Espirito Santo, 52.2% of students who should graduate in the periods 2007/2 to 2012/1 were retained. The purposes of this research were identifying factors associated with the retention of students on graduation in classroom aiming to propose institutional actions to fight the problem. The methodology consisted of comparing two groups of students, retained and graduated, by means of a logistic regression model. The results indicated 21 factors involved in the process, of which the most significant were the accumulated coefficient of performance, the number of failures, the ratio applicants/vacancy in the entrance examination, the area of knowledge of the course, the performance in the second stage of the entrance examination and the process of locking the course.