Tertiary education dropout– general tendencies for the last generations of students
Tertiary education dropout– general tendencies for the last generations of students

Summary/Abstract: Higher education dropout, or abandonment, represents a contemporary worldwide socioeconomic problem that may be one of the main barriers in the future efforts of the youngergenerations to bring the world economy forward. Why do students leave higher educationprematurely? What can be done to help solve this problem? Does our Higher EducationSystem have a coherent support system to prevent dropout? are the core questions on thisimportant issue. The role of education in the young generation’s development and thedifferent factors that support or impede this process represent frequently researched topicsin the field of applied socio-human sciences, especially during the last decades that are alsocharacterised by important changes in the educational services delivery.The current article constitutes the preliminary work for a future doctoral thesis that aimsto investigate the issue of contemporary educational dropout in Romanian universitiesfollowing data from the last decade. Firstly, some theoretical elements on educationaldropout in general will be explored, starting by defining the concept, continuing with theexploration of the main theories and finalising by detailing the main factors that influenceuniversity dropout.The last part of the present work follows as a study case the dropout rates of the last threegenerations of bachelor level students from a social sciences faculty of a state universityfrom Romania. Based on secondary data analysis, the dropout rates are calculated in foursteps in order to reveal the dynamics of the process during a bachelor study cycle, beingpresented the specificities of all four departments of the faculty.

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