Banca de DEFESA: UENDEL ANUNCIACAO DA CRUZ

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
DISCENTE : UENDEL ANUNCIACAO DA CRUZ
DATA : 02/10/2019
HORA: 14:00
LOCAL: ADM
TÍTULO:

Student drop out: A study at Federal University of Bahia (Brazil)

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Dropout. Abandonment. Motivations. Higher education.

PÁGINAS: 104
GRANDE ÁREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
ÁREA: Administração
RESUMO:

Parallel to the recent expansion of Higher Education in Brazil, there are increasing percentages of dropout in Federal Education Institutions. In search of the motivations for this growing number, this research had as its main objective to identify what were the main reasons for dropping out of courses at the Federal University of Bahia. Thus, an investigation was carried out with a sample of 349 students considered as evaded, as they were not enrolled in any discipline for more than two consecutive semesters, during the period 2014.1 to 2019.1. Data collection was done through the Higher Education Dropout Reasons scale (M-ES) and sent through an online questionnaire through the SurveyMonkey platform. The data were treated quantitatively through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 and Mplus version 8. Software. For this analysis, the technique called Latent Class Analysis (LCA) was chosen. LCA is a statistical method that seeks to identify distinct mutually exclusive subgroups (latent classes) with similar patterns of behavior and categorize them into their most likely class, given their responses. Thus, regarding the characterization of the evaded students, it was observed that most of the students were male, single, were completing the second degree, aged between 28 and 37 years, had academic performance below the required by the institution, evaded in the four first semesters, they belonged to courses in areas 1 (Exact Sciences) and 3 (Humanities). In addition, only 40% of those evaded responded positively regarding the possibility of returning to the course. Regarding the reasons related to dropout analyzed through the M-ES scale, it was found that the items with the most power to influence the decision to evade were those that refer to the dimension Lack of Support. Thus, according to the students, the reasons are more related to employment (inability to reconcile work with studies). The Vocational motives were also relevant, as it was observed that many dropouts left due to indecision whether or not they were in the right course and profession. Given this, it is concluded that UFBA should adopt strategies aimed at expanding the evening courses, as well as the vocational accompaniment of new entrants.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Interno - 1095744 - ELISABETH REGINA LOIOLA DA CRUZ SOUZA
Externo à Instituição - MARCOS GILBERTO DOS SANTOS - IFBA
Presidente - 2676634 - ROBERTO BRAZILEIRO PAIXAO