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Student Retention in Graduate Education in Turkey: Role of Organizational Factors on the Degree Completion in Graduate Education

Türkiye’de Lisansüstü Eğitimde Öğrenciyi Okulda Tutma: Örgütsel Faktörlerin Lisansüstü Eğitim Mezuniyetindeki Rolü

Hasan Yücel Ertem(ZONGULDAK BÜLENT ECEVİT ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0001-9058-641X
Gökçe Gökalp(ORTA DOĞU TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0001-8403-5929
Pages
38–53
Publication Date
2020-07-20
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It was recommended that the performance of the academic staff should be taken into consideration to increase the degree completion rates.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Graduate education leads students to follow a career in their expertise fields.
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Key Findings & Data:This study aims to check the student attrition rates for master’s and doctoral education and to investigate the role of organizational factors on the degree non-completion in graduate education.
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⚙️Variables:Yükseköğretim · Lisansüstü eğitim · Öğrenciyi okulda tutma

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Graduate education leads students to follow a career in their expertise fields. In this respect, graduate education is attractive to students. However, in graduate education, there are several factors affecting the students’ degree completion. This study aims to check the student attrition rates for master’s and doctoral education and to investigate the role of organizational factors on the degree non-completion in graduate education. This study was designed as a correlational study using secondary data. The non-completion rate was the criterion variable, while the university type, the students per faculty member, and the articles published per faculty member were the predictors. Descriptive statistics and Simultaneous Multiple Regression Analysis were performed to achieve the purpose of the study. The findings of the current study showed that the student attrition rates for master’s education were higher than those for doctoral education. Furthermore, the articles per faculty member predicted the non-completion both in master’s and doctoral degree, while the university type predicted only the non-completion in master’s degree. It was recommended that the performance of the academic staff should be taken into consideration to increase the degree completion rates.

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Lisansüstü eğitim, kendi uzmanlık alanlarında bir kariyer takip etmeleri doğrultusunda öğrencileri yönlendirir. Bu bağlamda, lisansüstü eğitim öğrenciler için cezbedici olmaktadır. Fakat öğrencilerin lisansüstü eğitimi tamamlamamalarına sebep olan belli etkenler vardır. Bu çalışma, yüksek lisans ve doktora eğitimlerinde öğrencilerin mezuniyet durumlarını kontrol etmeyi ve lisansüstü eğitimde mezuniyet oranlarına etki eden örgütsel faktörleri araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Çalışma deseni ilişkisel tarama olup ikincil veri analizi yapılmıştır. Derece tamamlayamama oranı bağımlı değişken iken üniversite türü, öğretim üyesi başına düşen öğrenci sayısı ve öğretim üyesi başına düşen makale sayısı bağımsız değişkenlerdir. Çalışmanın amacını gerçekleştirmek için betimleyici istatistik ve eş zamanlı çoklu regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Çalışma bulguları yüksek lisans öğrenci kaybının doktora öğrenci kaybından yüksek olduğunu göstermiştir. Ayrıca, öğretim üyesi başına düşen makale sayısı hem yüksek lisans hem doktora tamamlamama oranını yordarken üniversite türü ise sadece yüksek lisans tamamlamama oranını yordamıştır. Tamamlama oranlarının artırılması için akademik personelin performansının hesaba katılması önerilmektedir.

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Ertem, H. Y., Gökalp, G. (2020). Student Retention in Graduate Education in Turkey: Role of Organizational Factors on the Degree Completion in Graduate Education. Ege Eğitim Dergisi, Cilt: 21 Sayı: 1, 38–53. https://doi.org/10.12984/egeefd.603792

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