Why do higher education students drop out? Evidence from Spain

By Gérard Lassibille, Lucía Navarro Gómez. 2008

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Evaluación del estrés académico en estudiantes de nueva incorporación a la universidad (2012, background): “…73,6% de los estudiantes de nueva incorporación continúan al año siguiente sus estudios (Kitsantas, Winsler & Huie, 2008) o que en el año de acceso a la universidad se concentran más de la mitad de los casos de deserción (García-Ros & Pérez-González, 2009; Lassibille & Navarro, 2007; Tinto, 1987).”
Dropout Phenomena at Universities: What is Dropout? Why does Dropout Occur? What Can be Done by the Universities to Prevent or Reduce it? (2013, background): “…Arulampalam, Naylor & Smith (2005) Arulampalam, Naylor & Smith (2007); Belloc, Maruotti, & Petrella (2009); Di Pietro & Cutillo (2008); Glocker (2011) Johnes & McNabb (2004); Lassibille & Gómez (2008); Smith & Naylor (2001); Smith & Naylor (2001); Soo (2009) and Vignoles & Powdthavee (2009).”
Predicting Students Drop Out: A Case Study (2009, background): “One of the recent European studies [3] has confirmed that sex (only in technical schools), age at enrollment, score on pre-university examination, type of pre-university education, type of financial support, father's level of education and whether or not living at the university town may all have…”