Personal touch helps reduce dropout rate

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Student dropout rates at institutions which have had the worst retention rates in recent years have been falling, according to the latest university performance indicators published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency. The universities are using schemes such as personal tutors for new students in their first few months at university in order to reduce dropout rates. Cambridge University, with a 1% dropout rate, was the university with the lowest dropout rate in 2002-2003, while Bolton, with a 31.9% dropout rate, was the university with the highest dropout rate.

Sales & consumption, Services information, Labor Distribution by Employer, Services, Prevention, Statistics, College dropouts, User statistics

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Class rifts eclipsed by sex divide

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An analysis of the growing imbalance in the UK between the number of male and female university students. Statistics reveal that between 1994 and 2001, the number of women entering university increased to 427,000 from 299,000, while the number of men entering university rose by just 16,000 to 305,000. This disparity between the sexes has led some to argue that entry standards for men should be made easier than those set for women.

Students, College, Analysis, Demographic aspects, Education, Higher, Higher education, College students, Educational aspects

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