[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-205456-105":59,"doc-detail-205456-en":131},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":124,"head_meta":126,"extra_data":128,"updated_unix":130},105,"en","australian-journal-of-adult-learning-staying-power-the-effect-of-pathway-into-university-on-student-achievement-and-attrition","Australian Journal of Adult Learning - Staying Power: The effect of pathway into university on student achievement and attrition","","The expansion of Australia’s higher education sector has enabled more alternative entry pathways, increasing the diversity of the student population, including non-traditional learners. Despite reduced barriers to access, prior research indicates higher dropout risk for non-traditional students. This study analyzes administrative data from first-year undergraduates in an Australian university to assess how pathway into university relates to retention and academic progression.",{"@graph":69,"@context":123},[70,84,106],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":40,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/australian-journal-of-adult-learning-staying-power-the-effect-of-pathway-into-university-on-student-achievement-and-attrition/205456/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/australian-journal-of-adult-learning-staying-power-the-effect-of-pathway-into-university-on-student-achievement-and-attrition/205456.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Himbo","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-11-05","2026-09-05",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":105},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",14,{"@type":107,"mainEntity":108},"FAQPage",[109,115,119],{"name":110,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":112},"What does the study examine about pathways into university?","Question",{"text":113,"@type":114},"It analyzes the association between pathway into university and both retention and academic progression, using grade point average and discontinuation likelihood.","Answer",{"name":116,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":117},"How do enabling courses affect student retention in the findings?",{"text":118,"@type":114},"After controlling for grade point average, students who completed an on-campus enabling course were less likely than students admitted via secondary school completion to discontinue their studies.",{"name":120,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":121},"Why are alternative entry pathways important in the Australian higher education context?",{"text":122,"@type":114},"Alternative entry pathways broaden access beyond students who completed secondary school, supported by government financing options and loan schemes that enable a wider range of participants.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":125,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":127,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":129,"site_id":62},205456,1788579680,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":132},{"doc_id":129,"user_id":133,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":134,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":135,"file_id":136,"file_url":137,"file_type":138,"file_size":139,"view_count":105,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":140,"language":141,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":142,"faqs":143,"seo_title":144,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":130,"read_time":145,"preview_page_count":4},687197100911,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/a000239b6f1da00475?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1785132997149421697","Australian Journal of Adult Learning Volume 56, Number 2, July 2016  \nStaying Power: The effect of pathway into university on student achievement and attrition  \nJenny Chesters Louise Watson  \nUniversity of Canberra  \nThe expansion of the higher education sector in Australia opened up new pathways into university increasing the diversity of the student population. For non-traditional students, those who did not successfully complete secondary school, barriers to gaining entry into university have been dismantled, however, previous research suggests that non-traditional students are more likely than traditional students to drop out of higher education. This paper analyses administrative data for a cohort offirst year undergraduate students attending an Australian university to examine the association between pathway to university and student retention and academic progression. Our findings show that after controlling for grade point average, students who completed an enabling course on campus prior to commencing their undergraduate program were less likely than students admitted on the basis of completing secondary school to discontinue their university studies. This suggests that enabling programs provided on campus may assist students who do not meet the minimum requirements for university entrance to complete a university degree.  \n226 Jenny Chesters and Louise Watson  \nKeywords: pathways into higher education; diversity; attrition  \nIntroduction  \nThe expansion of the higher education sector opened up a variety of alternative entry pathways into university, therefore, university study is no longer restricted to young people who have completed secondary school. The availability of government loans to all domestic university students, regardless of their age, allows a relatively broad cross-section of the population to undertake higher education. Consequently, around one-quarter of domestic undergraduate students were aged over  \n24 years at the time of their enrolment. Although alternative entry pathways have removed many of the barriers to access to university, previous research shows that traditional students are more likely than non-traditional students to complete their degree program (Long, Ferrier & Heagney, 2006) . In this paper, we analyse data from one Australian university to examine the association between pathways into university and achievement and retention. After providing an overview of the context and the results of previous research, we introduce the data before presenting the results of our analysis examining the association between pathway into university and level of academic achievement as measured by grade point average; and pathway into university and the likelihood of discontinuing study.  \nHigher education in Australia  \nThe Australian higher education sector is dominated by public universities owned by the state governments and funded by the federal government. Domestic students make a contribution to the cost of their tuition via the Australian Government’s Higher Education Loan Program (HELP). Currently, HELP loans are interest-free (although the outstanding balance is adjusted to account for inflation on an annual basis) and are repaid via the taxation system once the student’s income reaches a designated threshold, which is roughly equivalent to the average graduate entry-level salary. Students from low socioeconomic (SES) families and independent students with low incomes are able to access a means-tested scheme of income support. In 2012, around 170,000 undergraduate students were in receipt of this financial assistance (DSS 2013) .  \nStaying Power: The effect of pathway into university on student achievement and attrition 227  \nThe completion of a higher education degree gives university graduatesa competitive advantage in the rapidly changing global labour market (Ryan & Watson, 2003) . As in most countries, the employment ratesand incomes of Australian university graduates are higher than ","cbCairUiYr53vXDb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairUiYr53vXDb","pdf",290377,25,"English","# Introduction\n## Higher education in Australia\n## Pathways into an Australian university","[{\"question\":\"What does the study examine about pathways into university?\",\"answer\":\"It analyzes the association between pathway into university and both retention and academic progression, using grade point average and discontinuation likelihood.\"},{\"question\":\"How do enabling courses affect student retention in the findings?\",\"answer\":\"After controlling for grade point average, students who completed an on-campus enabling course were less likely than students admitted via secondary school completion to discontinue their studies.\"},{\"question\":\"Why are alternative entry pathways important in the Australian higher education context?\",\"answer\":\"Alternative entry pathways broaden access beyond students who completed secondary school, supported by government financing options and loan schemes that enable a wider range of participants.\"}]","Australian Journal of Adult Learning - Staying Power: The effect of pathway into university on student achievement and attrition | PDF",63]