Start Date
6-6-2017 12:00 AM
Description
Short Abstract:
This study examines the performance, over a three year period, of non-traditional students in Ireland who move from Further (or Continuing) Education into Higher Education when they join the second year of a three-year ordinary degree program in ICT at the Dublin Institute of Technology.
Full Abstract:
This study examines the performance of students from various Colleges of Further Education (CFE) when they join a three-year ordinary degree program in ICT at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in Ireland.
Starting in the academic year 2012/13, the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at DIT has granted ca. 20 students each year, from various CFEs nationally, who meet specific entry requirements, advanced entry into the second year of its program, the Bachelor of Technology Degree in Networking Technologies. To date there have been three complete cycles, leading to three cohorts of these non-traditional students being among the graduates from the degree program.
An analysis of final year examination results over this three year period indicates that former CFE students, who now comprise more than one third of the class, perform at least as well as students who have followed the more traditional route from the Irish Leaving Certificate into the first year of the program.
A Comparative Analysis of the Performance of Non-traditional Students in an ICT Program in an Irish Higher Education Institute
Short Abstract:
This study examines the performance, over a three year period, of non-traditional students in Ireland who move from Further (or Continuing) Education into Higher Education when they join the second year of a three-year ordinary degree program in ICT at the Dublin Institute of Technology.
Full Abstract:
This study examines the performance of students from various Colleges of Further Education (CFE) when they join a three-year ordinary degree program in ICT at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in Ireland.
Starting in the academic year 2012/13, the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at DIT has granted ca. 20 students each year, from various CFEs nationally, who meet specific entry requirements, advanced entry into the second year of its program, the Bachelor of Technology Degree in Networking Technologies. To date there have been three complete cycles, leading to three cohorts of these non-traditional students being among the graduates from the degree program.
An analysis of final year examination results over this three year period indicates that former CFE students, who now comprise more than one third of the class, perform at least as well as students who have followed the more traditional route from the Irish Leaving Certificate into the first year of the program.