Description

• Designed to identify reasons students withdraw from the college
• Includes items related to educational goals, demographics, and academic characteristics
• Additional measures include academic performance, net promoter score, and future educational plans
• Dimensions commonly include:
• Dissatisfaction
• Financial issues
• Academic performance
• Personal circumstances

Importance

• Identification of reasons for withdrawing allows administrators to implement programs/policies to address these issues so as to minimize attrition
• Identifies critical time points in the educational process when students are most likely to leave the college
• Determines the association between several different dimensions and attrition
• Allows for trend analysis to determine if programs are impacting attrition
  
  
  

SampleStudentWithdrawalSurvey.pdf (Adobe PDF)