Abstract
There is a growing interest in policy
research on student completion and noncontinuation
and bodies such as the
European Commission and OECD are
focusing on the subject. There is also
increasing national interest in the issue in
many countries and they are looking to
each other for input on effective policies.
However, there are significant social,
economic and educational differences
between national systems across Europe,
making this a very challenging project. The
aim of this article is to study challenges
and complexities in researching student
non-completion of higher educqtion
programmes in Europe. We use the case of
two contrasting countries — England and
Norway — to help to identify some of the
differences, challenges and complexities
that are relevant when creating an
approach for analysis that can be used
more widely to explore ‘non-completion’
across different countries in Europe and
beyond.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 457-470 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | European Journal of Education |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 3 Nov 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2014 |
Keywords
- Completion
- International comparative
- Non-continuation
- Student drop-out
- Student retention