South African universities are changing in several very important ways; their entry standards
are changing, their programmes are focusing more specifically on the outcomes that …

In this article, we examine first‐year chemical engineering students' conceptions of the
energy changes taking place in dissolution. Students were individually interviewed with …

This article presents the results of two recent empirical investigations at universities in South
Africa (University of Pretoria and University of South Africa) where an attempt was made to …

The study investigated the relationship between timely graduation and academic and
institutional factors for a cohort of Engineering students at a South African university. The …

This article focuses on the current situation in South Africa in which a number of factors
related to academic literacy deleteriously affect student throughput. This has large financial …

Although student enrolment at South African universities has significantly increased over
recent years; student retention and graduation rates remain low, while student dropout rates …

Globally, there is growing concern about student progression in most higher education
institutions. In this study, we examined patterns of persistence among students who began …

Wealthy schools appoint better qualified teachers, less wealthy schools under qualified
teachers. Added to this mix is a powerful teacher's union whose policies attempt to entrench …

Afrikaans: Deurvloeikoerse aan universiteite in Suid-Afrika is laag en dit dra onder andere
by tot finansiële verliese vir 'n verskeidenheid van belanghebbendes: die studente self, hul …

Matriculation results have previously been used as reasonable predictors of first-year
students' academic performance at university. Although there have been some …