Understanding Dropout Through University Climate Assessment: Students’ Experiences and First-to-second-year Dropout at Chilean Universities

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Abstract

Using student responses to an adapted and translated Diverse Learning Environment (DLE) survey and administrative student record data, this study provides a portrait of first-year students’ perceptions of the university climate at three Chilean institutions, and examines the relationship between these perceptions and first to second year university dropout.

Authors

• Maria de los Rios, Pennsylvania State University

• Leticia Oseguera, The Pennsylvania State University