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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author NEED, Ariana
Title Do local study environment matters? : a multilevel analysis of the educational careers of first-year university students / Ariana Need and Uulkje de Jong
Publication year 2001
Source/Footnote In: Higher education in Europe. - 26 (2001) 2, S. 263 - 278
Inventory number 13516
Keywords Ausland : Niederlande : Studium, Studenten, Lehre ; Studentenschaft : Studienverhalten
Abstract This article examines the effects of local study environments on the achievements in higher education of Dutch undergraduate students. The authors find that the grade averages, the numbers of courses successfully completed, and the drop-out rates of students vary only slightly in terms of the higher education institution attended. Most of the differences observed are the results of individual factors, i.e. differences in the ways in which students select their institutions and differences in the degree of success of their academic integration into the institutions they chose. The results indicate that when students enroll in higher education there is little benefit for them in selecting the "right" institution. Academic achievemnet is shaped mainly by individual factors. (HRK / Abstract übernommen) Need, Ariana, E-Mail: need@pscw.uva.nl, De Jong, Uulkje, E-Mail: uulkje@educ.uva.nl