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Diversity in higher education: A challenge for all actors

Diversity in higher education: A challenge for all actors. Eric Depreeuw - K.U. Brussel Tina Debrabandere – K.U. Leuven. Educational context. Concern about failures and drop out – high cost (personal, societal, financial etc.) First year: highly selective

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Diversity in higher education: A challenge for all actors

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  1. Diversity in higher education: A challenge for all actors Eric Depreeuw - K.U. Brussel Tina Debrabandere – K.U. Leuven Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  2. Educational context Concern about failures and drop out – high cost (personal, societal, financial etc.) First year: highly selective Significant differences among ‘groups’: cf. gender, ethnic origin Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  3. Educational context: factors • Societal: SES / Ethnic-cultural • Micro: educational home culture / religion • Language! • Personal: Ability / Skills / Attitudes / Self-confidence / Fear of failure / Vulnerability etc Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  4. Research • Flemish school for Professional Higher Economic Education in Brussels (Professional Bachelor) • 2005 – 2006 – 1rst and 2nd year • Focus on high % of failures and drop out in segment of students with foreign origin – SFO Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  5. Research Goals 1. Recrutement: diversity? 2. Success and failure: factors of influence 3. Relations between factors and …. Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  6. Research Goals 4. Concluding advices for educational policy and practice ??? Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  7. Definition of SFO: pragmatic Immigrants – foreign origin? • 1rst generation born abroad, with other than Belgian nationality • Or parents / grand parents born abroad + conservation of specific characteristics Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  8. Definition of SFO: pragmatic * Skin colour or other somatic aspects: out of choice* Deliberately (+): religion, language, clothing, life style… Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  9. Language at home • Homogeneous Dutch • Multilinguistic: Dutch + other or other + Dutch • Otherlinguistic: no Dutch at all Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  10. Methodology Questionnaires During class hours On line in computer class Instruction and coaching by second author 30 minutes Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  11. Questionnaires • Identification + ethnic background and home language(s) • Personal and context (54 items) Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  12. Questionnaires 3. Mastery of Dutch: self evaluation, evaluation by significant others (7 items) 4. VaSEV – TASTETest Abilities for Study and Evaluation1. Valuation of studying2. Self-confidence3. Fear of failure4. Lack of effort - procrastination Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  13. Questionnaires: factor analysis Q 2 (54 items) and Q3 (7 items) 1. Relation with father (n=14 – 32.3% - alpha .96) 2. Relation with mother (n=13 – 25.9% - alpha .91) 3. Relation with peers (n=9 – 14.8% - alpha .80) Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  14. Questionnaires: factor analysis 4. Mastery of Dutch (N=7 – 14.6% - alpha .79) 5. Self-determination in study choice (N=9 – 12.5% - alpha .77) Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  15. Sample Sample School %participation N = 287 491 58% 1rst yr 54% 62% 51% 2nd yr 46% 38% 70% F 46% 40% 67% M 54% 60% 53% Belg 82% 75% 63% SFO 18% 25% 43% Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  16. SFO West – Southern Europe: N = 25 Rest SFO – N = 28 (Morocco 14 / Turkey 3) Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  17. Sample Language Dutch – 59% Multilinguistic – 23% Otherlinguistic – 18% VaSEV – TASTESignificant difference with test norms on IV – 45 vs 40 Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  18. Important remark Sample is underrepresented for 1rst year : 51% SFO : 43% (especially males lacking) Secondary educ: 1profess.!!! Failed students: 31% versus 78% of success students Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  19. Relation to study success Population: Total : 58% success vs 42% failure Female: 67% Male: 53% Sec.school: general 75% technical 49% professional 2.6% Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  20. Relation to study success Sample: Total : 78% success vs 22% failure Female: 82% Male: 18% Sec.school: general 85% technical 67% (professional 100%) (N=1) Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  21. Relation to study success: research sample LanguageDutch 84%Multilinguistic 78%Other-linguistic 56% Differences continue in 2nd year (but Multi > Dutch: 96% vs 87%) W and S Europe: 60% Other SFO: 54% Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  22. Relation to study success Relation father: NS Relation mother: NS Relation peers: pos. *success ~~ better peer relation Self-determination NS Mastery Dutch : pos. **(*) Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  23. Relation to study success • VaSEV – TASTEValuation nsSelf-confidence *Fear of failure nsLack of effort *** Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  24. Specific interrelations • Fear of failure~~ language: 51 – 56 – 64 * • Self-confidence~~ secondary school: general 62 vs technical 54 * Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  25. Regression analysis 262 cases – model predicts exact result in 78% of cases Contribution to prediction of failureSecondary school: Bêta 11.1 ***Ethnicity Bêta -.91 *Language Bêta -.4 .07 Lack of effort Bêta 0.3 *** Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  26. Policy and practice? • Shall we start a special interest group???? • I would appreciate your comment Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

  27. Hartelijk dank voor uw aandacht Eric Depreeuw - K.U. Brussel november 2003 Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

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  29. Thank you very muchand the reflection can continue Depreeuw – Debrabandere - Diversity - Rethymnon 2007

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