Examining the linkage between class attendance at university and academic performance in an international branch campus setting
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Karnik, A., Kishore, P. and Meraj, M. 2020. Examining the linkage between class attendance at university and academic performance in an international branch campus setting. Research in Comparative and International Education. 15 (4), pp. 371-390. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745499920958855
Type | Article |
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Title | Examining the linkage between class attendance at university and academic performance in an international branch campus setting |
Authors | Karnik, A., Kishore, P. and Meraj, M. |
Abstract | The relationship between class attendance and academic performance has been an important area of research, with a positive association being posited between the two. The setting for our study is an International Branch Campus (IBC) of a British university that needs to demonstrate the quality of its service delivery both to the parent institution and to the fee-paying students. We employ a dataset of over 900 students in an undergraduate degree programme and subject it to statistical techniques, namely quantile regression and two-stage quantile regression. Our results show that attendance has a beneficial influence on academic performance and this benefit persists at higher percentile of grades. We propose that IBCs could consider an attendance policy that encourages students to attend classes. |
Keywords | International Branch Campus; class attendance; academic performance; attendance policy; quantile regression |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Journal | Research in Comparative and International Education |
ISSN | 1745-4999 |
Electronic | 1745-4999 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 23 Sep 2020 |
31 Dec 2020 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 01 Oct 2020 |
Accepted | 25 Aug 2020 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License |
Copyright Statement | © The Author(s) 2020 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/1745499920958855 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000572754800001 |
Language | English |
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