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标题：MATURE VS YOUNG WORKING STUDENTS: SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES, AND DRIVERS OF GRADUATION AND DROPOUT
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作者：PEDRO CARREIRA ; ANA SOFIA LOPES
期刊名称：Studia Paedagogica
印刷版ISSN：1803-7437
电子版ISSN：2336-4521
出版年度：2020
卷号：25
期号：4
页码：73-92
DOI：10.5817/SP2020-4-4
语种：English
出版社：Masaryk University
摘要：The high dropout rate among working students in higher education in Portugal, including both those who are older and at a mature stage in their professional careers and those who are young and recent workers, is one of the main concerns of educational policy. Identifying the drivers of the academic pathway for these students is essential to promote successful education and increase labour productivity and business competitiveness. Using an extensive longitudinal database of personal, course, and employment variables of 1,561 working students from a Portuguese higher education institution, we perform a duration analysis to determine and compare the factors that drive the dropout and graduation risks of mature and young working students in higher education. The results show that, in general, young working students are more positively inﬂuenced by fnancial aid, their motivation for the course, and the desire to fnd a new qualifed professional career, while mature working students depend more on social and academic integration. The accumulation of knowledge/ skills in the ‘out of class’ experience seems to contribute positively to academic performance.
关键词：higher education;non-traditional students;working students;duration analysis;dropout risk