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Student retention and engagement in higher education

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Tight, Malcolm·2020·Journal of Further and Higher Education
DOI 10.1080/0309877x.2019.1576860
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This article reports on a systematic review of research into student retention and student engagement in higher education (HE). It discusses the origins and meaning of these terms, their relation to each other, their application and practice, and the issues and critiques that have arisen. The two concepts are seen as alternative ways of seeing and researching the same underlying issue. While student engagement is a more recent focus for research, it has now overtaken student retention in importance. As the responsibility for the financing of HE has shifted from the state to the student, so the understanding of student retention and engagement has shifted from being the student’s responsibility to that of the higher education institution (HEI).

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Authors
Tight, M.
Venue
Journal of Further and Higher Education
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2019-03
Volume
44
Issue
5
Pages
689-704
ISSN
  • 0309-877X (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-9486
DOI
10.1080/0309877x.2019.1576860
OpenAlex
W2920286416
Cited by
312
References
155
FWCI
72.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
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