Student Retention & Graduate Destination: Higher Education & Labour Market Access & Success - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0796923094 ISBN 13: 9780796923097

Publisher: HSRC Press, 2010

Synopsis

Returning to 2001's South Africa's National Plan for Higher Education, this group of contributors investigates more thoroughly why students in that study dropped out of universities, what helped them to graduate, and what made for a successful transition to the labor market. Their findings show that a decade after the National Plan the attrition rate at universities rate remains high—with 30 percent of students dropping out in their first year of study and white students graduating at a rate double that of blacks. Recommendations include smoother entry into the labor force and implementation of the new Ministry of Higher Education's plan for continuously improving the access and success, particularly of black students, at all levels of the system.

About this title

About the Author

Moeketsi Letseka is a senior lecturer in the department of educational studies at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Michael Cosser and Mariette Visser are research managers in the program on education, science, and skills development at the Human Sciences Research Council. Mignonne Breier is the research development cluster manager at the University of Cape Town.

Edition details

• Publisher: HSRC Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0796923094
• ISBN 13: 9780796923097
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Letseka Moeketsi, Cosser Michael, Breier Mignonne, Visser Mariette