University Dropout: An experience from the School of Higher Studies in Jojutla (Atena Editora)

Abstract

This article identifies the different factors that lead students to drop out of their university studies within the period that comprises this stage in the bachelors degrees offered by the School of Higher Studies of Jojutla (EESJ by its acronym in Spanish), which depends on the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEM by its acronym in Spanish)) from the implementation of the current study plans. The relevance of the research carried out lies not only in the continuous improvement of the institution, but also in providing tools to the competent bodies through research instruments and concrete data to prepare a proposal that contributes to reducing dropout within the campus. The Professional Institute of the South Region, today the School of Higher Studies of Jojutla, begins as a project that gives rise to an Institute, which was approved by the Honourable University Council, beginning on July 16, 1993. Throughout its history ,it has been gaining prestige as it is a public institution in the region that offers a quality education with easy access to low-income people in public accounting, business manager and law bachelors degrees, currently with an enrollment of 730 students, which has also increased according to population needs. It was certified in 2017 by the Inter-Institutional Committees for the Evaluation of Higher Education (CIEES by its acronym in Spanish), an organization dedicated to ensuring the quality of higher education, culminating this process with a report that revealed areas of opportunity to improve the quality of education. Among its strategic lines of action is to promote studies and give permanent follow-up to the problem of retention of the student population and design programs to reduce dropout. The results presented here correspond to a sample of 177 students from the total number of dropouts from the different courses. Such results will allow us to know the factors that influence the decision to drop out of their university studies and define the relationship that the study plan has with this decision.