Compensatory advantage after the first year at university in the catalan system: between continuing, transferring and dropping out

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Studies in higher education on 2023, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03075079.2023.2281539.

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Autores: Sánchez Gelabert, Albert|||0000-0002-4135-6121, Troiano Gomà, Helena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/439774
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2023.2281539
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Higher education
Students’ trajectories
Transfer of studies
Social inequality
Compensatory advantage
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Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Política educativa::Sistema educatiu
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spelling Compensatory advantage after the first year at university in the catalan system: between continuing, transferring and dropping outSánchez Gelabert, Albert|||0000-0002-4135-6121Troiano Gomà, HelenaHigher educationStudents’ trajectoriesTransfer of studiesSocial inequalityCompensatory advantageÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitariÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Educació especial::Educació d'immigrantsÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Política educativa::Sistema educatiuThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Studies in higher education on 2023, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03075079.2023.2281539.Abundant research has shown the influence of social background on university dropout. However, there is little research that considers the different progression options for analysing the structure of the decisions that students make. This article explores the possible alternative decisions of: (1) continuing the initial degree course chosen; (2) persisting but transferring to other degrees or institutions; (3) dropping out of university. To this effect, we seek whether the decision structure follows a compensatory advantage pattern, according to which poor performance during the first year at university unequally affects students from low and high social backgrounds. The latter compensates for poor results by using alternative strategies to minimise the negative consequences. We analyse longitudinal data from a cohort of students entering any on-site university in the Catalan system in 2012–13 (n=36909). The results show the importance of performance in predicting university progression decisions. No differences by social origin are perceived in the decisions to continue the same course of study, while differences are observed in dropout and transfer decisions which, for their part, follow a compensatory advantage structure. The results show the need to consider the interaction between performance and social background, and to broaden our view of students’ trajectories.This work was supported by Erasmus + Program. Project: Promoting students’ successful trajectories in higher education institutions. (face-to-face and online) [grant number: 2020-1-ES01-KA203-082842].Peer ReviewedTaylor & Francis Group20232023-11-1020252025-07-30journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/439774https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2023.2281539reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/4397742026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Compensatory advantage after the first year at university in the catalan system: between continuing, transferring and dropping out
title Compensatory advantage after the first year at university in the catalan system: between continuing, transferring and dropping out
spellingShingle Compensatory advantage after the first year at university in the catalan system: between continuing, transferring and dropping out
Sánchez Gelabert, Albert|||0000-0002-4135-6121
Higher education
Students’ trajectories
Transfer of studies
Social inequality
Compensatory advantage
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Educació especial::Educació d'immigrants
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Política educativa::Sistema educatiu
title_short Compensatory advantage after the first year at university in the catalan system: between continuing, transferring and dropping out
title_full Compensatory advantage after the first year at university in the catalan system: between continuing, transferring and dropping out
title_fullStr Compensatory advantage after the first year at university in the catalan system: between continuing, transferring and dropping out
title_full_unstemmed Compensatory advantage after the first year at university in the catalan system: between continuing, transferring and dropping out
title_sort Compensatory advantage after the first year at university in the catalan system: between continuing, transferring and dropping out
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sánchez Gelabert, Albert|||0000-0002-4135-6121
Troiano Gomà, Helena
author Sánchez Gelabert, Albert|||0000-0002-4135-6121
author_facet Sánchez Gelabert, Albert|||0000-0002-4135-6121
Troiano Gomà, Helena
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author2 Troiano Gomà, Helena
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Higher education
Students’ trajectories
Transfer of studies
Social inequality
Compensatory advantage
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Educació especial::Educació d'immigrants
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Política educativa::Sistema educatiu
topic Higher education
Students’ trajectories
Transfer of studies
Social inequality
Compensatory advantage
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Educació especial::Educació d'immigrants
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Política educativa::Sistema educatiu
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