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The Traditional to Contemporary Spectrum of Models of Higher Education for Admission and Course Delivery
David Kember1, David Hicks1, Doris YP Leung2* and Michael Prosser3
1Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania, Australia
2School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
3Centre for Studies in HIgher Education, University of Melbourne, Australia
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Abstract:
The admission of the more diverse student body in higher education has been facilitated by greater flexibility in teaching and learning mode of study and by permitting part-time study. This study aims to compare a hypothesised model on a set of presage variables relating to admission and mode of study; intermediate variables of age and year of study and measures of outcomes including GPA and attrition between a traditional university (N = 17,025) and a contemporary university (N = 8,911) using data from student records using structural equation modeling. Following testing and modification, the model for the traditional university (R-CFI = 0.959, SRMR = 0.035 and R-RMSEA = 0.059) was simpler than that for the contemporary university (R-CFI = 0.932, SRMR= 0.055, and R-RMSEA = 0.055). As universities have shifted across the spectrum from the traditional to contemporary models, the increased complexity has permitted the entry of a much wider range of students to higher education, but it is also led to increases in attrition.
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Keywords: Models of higher education, Structural equation modelling, Attrition, Mass higher education, Path model
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Received:N/A; Revised:N/A; Accepted:N/A; Published:November 20, 2021
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*Corresponding author; e-mail: doris.yp.leung@polyu.edu.hk
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Citation:Kember, D., & Hicks, D., & YP, D., & Prosser, M.(2021). The Traditional to Contemporary Spectrum of Models of Higher Education for Admission and Course Delivery. Educational Innovations and Emerging Technologies, 1(1), 58-66. https://doi.org/10.35745/eiet2021v01.01.0006
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