CDU has launched a new student coaching program aimed at reducing attrition rates for students in education courses. The pilot Student Success Coach Program oversees students undertaking the Bachelor of Education (Primary) and Master of Teaching (Primary) degrees, helping them ...
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Dr Sara James is a lecturer and cultural sociologist at La Trobe University in Melbourne and has completed research on the factors that influence students' degree and course choices. As James' work has found, one of the key factors influencing ...
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“If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” ― W.C. Fields From my own university experience, I figured Fields’ quote made a lot of sense: those who perform well ...
More »Student seepage worrisome: government
“People are making complicated – and sometimes deeply personal – decisions to withdraw from study when life gets in the way. We shouldn’t pressure students to stay enrolled if they need to care for a dying parent, for instance, and ...
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