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COHORT ANALYSIS

Alfred

Mutanga

MIS

Specialist

University of Venda

Date

:

22 November 2013

Venue

: NWU PUK Sports Village

Why a Cohort Analysis?

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A cohort?

A group of students

selected

for further study

Meets a certain

predetermined criterion

Often this a group of students enrolling for the first

time in a cluster

together

during the same academic period

Baseline data

:

is the

basis for cohort study

Baseline Data

Baselines

Established with internal data and are used to determine performance over time

These data are used to represent the state of the issue at hand before selected activities or events took place

Establishment of baselines is critical

for

continuous quality improvement initiatives or other improvement processes

Cohort Analysis

refers to the use of data by institutions to compare current performances with a prior performance to determine trends

Theoretical Framework for Cohort Analysis

The Persistence- Retention- Attrition Triad?

Refers to the tendency for students to

continue their enrollment

at an institution

Persistence

focuses on the tendency of students to continue their enrolment from semester to semester

Retention

Studies focuses on the tendency for the students to enroll in consecutive semesters

Attrition

relates to the tendency of the students to

withdraw from a qualification

Persistence- Retention- Attrition

how is HEDA taking care of this through Cohort Analysis?

Persistence-Retention-Attrition

: HEDA Contexts

Persistence

: HEDA includes Enrolment Studies in the Cohort Analysis Application

Enrolment Studies

is an examination of the number of students enrolled for

an academic

period tracked

year by

year

Persistence

studies may include:

Study of

Graduation rates

The

Flow of students

through the institution

Data from these studies may become baseline for determining the impact of student

retention-enhancing

programs or activities

Retention

Qualification Retention

-

tendency for students to continue attending a qualification until completion regardless of the grade they receive

Usefulness of Retention Studies:

Show students’ overall determination to stay enrolled regardless of grade

Highlight the patterns of student withdrawal from qualifications

Attrition

Attrition in HEDA is defined with two indicators and these are

drop-outs

and

Stop-outs

This type of study is a variation of the aforementioned studies as it focuses on the persistence through a semester or an academic year.

Stop-outs

are students who withdraw from a qualification and at a later date re-join the qualification (or

another at the same institution?

)

Drop-outs

are students who withdraw from a qualification and will never re-join the qualification during the period of study

Calculating attrition is an important aspect of determining

student engagement

with the institution

A Snapshot of Results of Cohort Analysis

Cohort

Analysis Provoke Some Questions

Graduates in the first Cohort Year

-

how come we have a graduate during the first year students enrol for a qualification? Methodology

FCE

Student Unit Records

-

Who are the students who are retained in the system for such a long time?

Are we doing enough as an institution to help students graduate in record time or finish their courses?

What do our Teaching and Learning, Assessment say? Do they need to be reviewed

Premise for

Institutional Research activities

concerning student engagement with the institution, etc.

Our Experience Identifying Unit Records

Knowledge of

SQL

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