PERMANENCIA ESTUDIANTIL EN EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR: LA VISIÓN DEL DOCENTE

PERMANENCIA ESTUDIANTIL EN EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR

Abstract

This paper is focused on the identification of factors related to students’ retention. This study was undertaken at a private Higher Education Institution called Politécnico Internacional (BogotÍ¡, Colombia). To collect the data, some ad-hoc surveys and interviews were utilized (106 and 6 respectively. In relation to the student’s retention, results indicate the importance of variables such as quality and profile of the academic program offered. It is also observed the influence of motivational factors and the personal satisfaction in reference to the students’ persistence within the academic program. These two variables, retention and persistence, are characterized in this paper as independent processes, susceptible to study, which interact and have a direct impact on retention in Higher Education.