What do first-year students need?
- The purpose of this paper is to analyse data on first-year students’ needs regarding academic support services and reasons for their intention to leave the institution prior to degree completion. On the basis of the findings, a digital badge outline is proposed which could contribute to improved communication of academic requirements in order to help students to better adapt to higher education demands. Digital badges might also serve as an indicator for students’ needing additional academic support services.
| Author details: | Dana-Kristin MahGND, Dirk IfenthalerORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-12-2018-0258 |
| ISSN: | 2050-7003 |
| ISSN: | 1758-1184 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Journal of applied research in higher education |
| Subtitle (English): | digital badges for academic support to enhance student retention |
| Publisher: | Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
| Place of publishing: | Bingley |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2019/07/01 |
| Publication year: | 2019 |
| Release date: | 2021/01/11 |
| Tag: | First-year students; Higher education; Learning analytics; Retention |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Number of pages: | 11 |
| First page: | 86 |
| Last Page: | 96 |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Bildungswissenschaften / Department Erziehungswissenschaft |
| DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 37 Bildung und Erziehung / 378 Hochschulbildung |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
