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Swirling and Double‐Dipping: New Patterns of Student Attendance and Their Implications for Higher Education
Author(s) -
McCormick Alexander C.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.98
Subject(s) - higher education , bureaucracy , attendance , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , public relations , pedagogy , political science , mathematics education , sociology , medical education , psychology , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , politics , law
It is increasingly common for students to attend multiple institutions, and this involves more than transfer between institutions. Although sophisticated bureaucratic mechanisms for dealing with course‐taking at other institutions have been developed, there is an urgent need to understand its educational implications and to develop ways to enhance educational coherence.