Why do Students Leave?
Most students enroll in your institution to further their education and improve their lives. In your opinion why do students withdraw from your institution before graduating?
For several reasons. It could be personal finance, change in work schedule or job relocation, personal family issues and/or it could come down to fear of their own success.
My experience has been that, though students still believe in those goals, the requirements of day to day life, and what they need for basic survival prevent continuation of their program. Perhaps students misjudge the demands, but also, sometimes as they get further into the program, those demands begin to wear on them. Frequently though, circumstances change drastically from what they were at the time of enrollment.
I believe that student's who do not have a good support system outside of school have a greater struggle when an unexpected emergency arises such as an illness or financial burden. This causes them to put their education on hold.
Most students withdraw from school before graduating do to lack of retention! A lot of times we enroll even seeing our students all the way through the academic process, and contact has not been made anymore. Its important to call, and ask questions how are you? how are classes the student must have sincerity that the institution cares about their well being.
Students tend to withdraw due to unexpected financial strains that occur after enrollment.
We have been tracking this carefully and attempting to find additional ways to support them during this time to allow them to continue with their education.
It seems like the number one reason students withdraw from my institution before graduating is they didn't expect the program to be as rigorous as it is. Students often seem to think that it is going to be easy and don't realize how much work they are going to have to put in. We have recently placed more emphasis on disclosing to students how much time and effort they are going to have to give in order to succeed.
Yes Maria I totally agree with you. Many students also have personal issues that prevent them from continuiing their education.
Students withdraw from institutions for many reasons. Transportation and family are two of the biggest issues that I have run into. Some students have unreliable cars and are unable to attend classes; or their car breaks down mid-way through their program and they cannot afford to get it fixed. Other students may not be able to afford public transportation. A major family issue is childcare. Some students are unable to afford childcare or their childcare situation changes.
Students leave when they find out that hey are not properly informed about standards or misguided in financial part.
Based on my experience, students tend to leave before program completion because of financial hurdles, lack of support from family, inflexibility with work schedule, and no money for childcare services.
Important that you stated it was not the enrollment process :) .!!!
In my experience it seems that students do not finish because they are single parents. Sometimes they are impulsive in their decision to enroll and realize the they should have prepared better. They just get so excited to start a new chapter in their lives. Coming from families where they are the first to attend college they are not fully prepared.
The fact show that is mostly for financial reasons followed by medical concerns and child care issues. We refer all cases to our counselor who has a variety of resources to help students.
Many of our students leave school because of personal problems. There are problems with child care, transportation, and general family issues. These are understandable. The frustrating part is when a student just falls off the grid and you don't know why. They don't respond to emails or phone calls.
I feel students withdraw from our institution prior to graduation because of obstacles that arise in their person live. For example, parents fall ill and they must not become care takers.
In my opinion, based on 20 years of teaching and working in education administration, students withdraw because their life circumstances change, or because the school acts in a way that destroys the trust relationship that may have been there at the start. For example, I just finished teaching a first quarter course and when I asked "my" students why they choose to pursue their chosen profession they wrote about their struggles and goals and said they viewed my school as key to their success. Now why is that? Are we the best around? I think so, but did the students gain a mostly subjective or objective view of what we can and cannot offer? Also, Which of these students will be up for the actual work involved in reaching their goals? Most will, but some still think they are in high school and it showed by the way they did not follow through within this course even after my repeatedly asking them for their work and even extending deadlines more than once. And then there is the trust factor. I've heard students say that their rep told them it would be okay to regularly arrive late to class. Did the rep say that? Let's say no, and instead say that this is what the student was allowed to hear. These things, plus loss of income, family instability, and other disruptors cause students to leave.
I have also had students drop because of personal issues. However, more often I have seen them drop out because they decide that nursing is not the right career choice for them after all. These are usually students who have had no exposure to nursing. For example, they have never worked in the medical field as a CNA or even been around patients. Their idea of what being a nurse is like does not match the realities.
In my experience there had been four factors that come into play for students to leave before graduating. 1. They are totally unprepared for college and withdraw within the first two quarters. 2. They have something in the background that precludes them from qualifying for a position within the field. 3. They indicated cost is too great and look for less expensive school. 4. They move and it is no longer conducive for them to attend our school.
I feel students drop out of school before graduation due to outside responsibilities.
