Stay, play or give it away?: students continuing, changing or leaving university study in their first year

This report describes the results of a 2005 survey of domestic students who enrolled in a Bachelor's Degree at an Australian university in first semester 2004. The survey describes: (a) The level of movement of students out of university altogether and between universities and courses by first semester 2005; (b) The characteristics of students who were more likely to change their university and course and to leave university altogether by first semester 2005; (c) The reasons students who left their university discontinued their study during first semester 2005; and (d) Selected employment, study and other outcomes for students who left their university during first semester 2005.

This study extends previous research on university attrition and course completion by its focus on the reasons for attrition and tracking the subsequent enrolment and other outcomes of students who discontinue their university studies.

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