Abstract

RUIZ PALACIOS, Miguel Angel. Factors affecting the desertion of students of the first cycle of distance education in the school of administration, University Señor de Sipán: Periods 2011-i to 2013-i: guidelines for reduce the desertion. Educación [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.52, pp.160-173. ISSN 1019-9403.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18800/educacion.201801.009.

This paper investigates the factors that influence in the drop-out of university students, of the first cycle of distance education belonging to the administration school of the university Lord of Sipán, between 2011-I to 2013-I. It addresses the individual, socio-economic, academic and finally institutional factors. Among the individual factors, the one that most influenced the drop-out was the lack of time dedicated to the study (53% of the total respondents). With regard to socio-economic factors such as: employment status, salaries received, dependents, etc. none of them influenced student dropouts (79.3% of all respondents). Among institutional factors such as: care received, administrative support, virtual environment, etc. did not influence desertion. Finally, academic factors such as: conformity with curriculum, training received, etc., were not relevant in desertion.

Keywords : Desertion; distance education; individual factors; socioeconomic factors; institutional factors and academic factors.

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