Articles · Vol. 15 No. 2 (2017): Journal of Higher Education in Africa

6 - Effet des caractéristiques pré-admissions et de l’expérience du système universitaire sur la persévérance aux études en enseignement supérieur : perspective de recherche en Afrique

Vol. 15 · 2017 No. 2 Journal of Higher Education in Africa JHEA

Abstract

L’enseignement supérieur est considéré comme un moyen privilégié pour former une main-d’œuvre hautement qualifiée visant à assurer le progrès économique et social d’un pays. Romainville et Michaut 2012...mais les universités publiques africaines peinent généralement à maintenir les étudiants qui y accèdent . Zagré 2007The purpose of this article is to analyze the effect of pre-admission characteristics (family background, personal characteristics, previous school experience) and experience of the university system (class experiences, university resources including bursaries, loans or grants) on perseverance in higher education through a systematic review of the scientific literature, according to the nine stages proposed by Gough (2007). Despite operationalization based on various studies, pre-admission characteristics, experience of the university system and student perseverance are interrelated. One study proposes the mediating role of university system experience in the relationship between pre-admission characteristics and perseverance in higher education studies. This role is enhanced by the fact that it reduces pre-admission inequalities. The use of multi-year data is appropriate in estimating the longitudinal impact of the mediating role with a robust model such as Tinto’s (1997).

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pre-admission characteristics higher education

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Author Biographies

  • Jean-François Kobiané

     Maître de Conférence en démographie, Université Ouaga1 Professeur Joseph Ki-Zerbo.

  • Eric Frenette

    Professeur Titulaire en mesure et évaluation, Université Laval, Québec.

  • Alexis Salvador Loye

     Doctorant en administration et évaluation en éducation, Université Laval, Québec.

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