Falling behind, failure and drop outs in Mexican public universities: Autonomous University of Chihuahua (Mexico) case
by Javier Tarango
International Journal of Materials and Product Technology (IJMPT), Vol. 27, No. 1/2, 2006

Abstract: The subject deals with the concepts of falling behind, failure and drop outs as the main indicators to the academic measuring methods in Mexican public universities, complemented by the national proposal to establish institutional tutorial models as the probable solution for the reduction of such indicators. In addition, it includes the outcomes of diagnostic studies performed at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico, taking into consideration the outstanding findings about the causes that provoke such problems, and distinguish its behaviour among students coursing educative programs with social approach and its comparison to those related to sciences.

Online publication date: Wed, 16-Aug-2006

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