An analysis of the causes of Master's Thesis dropouts
This paper addresses the reasons why a growing number of students are failing to complete their final master dissertations/thesis. It analyses the final Master's Course Thesis (TFM, Trabajo Fin de Máster) on the Masters in Advanced Business Management Studies course (MUEADE, Máster Universitari...
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| author | Rafaela Alfalla Luque Pedro Garrido Vega María del Mar González Zamora Carmen Medina López Macarena Sacristán Díaz |
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| description | This paper addresses the reasons why a growing number of students are failing to complete their final master dissertations/thesis. It analyses the final Master's Course Thesis (TFM, Trabajo Fin de Máster) on the Masters in Advanced Business Management Studies course (MUEADE, Máster Universitario en Estudios Avanzados en Dirección de Empresas) at the University of Seville, which has a 100% success rate (the number of passes over students who completed the Master's Thesis). However, the same is not true of the performance rate (the number of students completing the thesis over the number of students enrolled on the course), which means that a large number of students do not receive their Master's Degrees. Using results from a survey of final year TFM students and of their course supervisors, this paper seeks to better understand the reasons why students are dropping out before completing their final thesis with a view to taking corrective actions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d0e1353dabc64fb3afeead2dbeaada3c2025-01-02T03:11:00ZengUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaWPOM : Working Papers on Operations Management1989-90682017-06-0180324910.4995/wpom.v8i0.71145316An analysis of the causes of Master's Thesis dropoutsRafaela Alfalla Luque0Pedro Garrido Vega1María del Mar González Zamora2Carmen Medina López3Macarena Sacristán Díaz4Departamento de Economía Financiera y Dirección de Operaciones. Universidad de Sevilla.Departamento de Economía Financiera y Dirección de Operaciones. Universidad de Sevilla.Departamento de Economía Financiera y Dirección de Operaciones. Universidad de Sevilla.Departamento de Economía Financiera y Dirección de Operaciones. Universidad de Sevilla.Departamento de Economía Financiera y Dirección de Operaciones. Universidad de Sevilla.This paper addresses the reasons why a growing number of students are failing to complete their final master dissertations/thesis. It analyses the final Master's Course Thesis (TFM, Trabajo Fin de Máster) on the Masters in Advanced Business Management Studies course (MUEADE, Máster Universitario en Estudios Avanzados en Dirección de Empresas) at the University of Seville, which has a 100% success rate (the number of passes over students who completed the Master's Thesis). However, the same is not true of the performance rate (the number of students completing the thesis over the number of students enrolled on the course), which means that a large number of students do not receive their Master's Degrees. Using results from a survey of final year TFM students and of their course supervisors, this paper seeks to better understand the reasons why students are dropping out before completing their final thesis with a view to taking corrective actions.https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/WPOM/article/view/7114Master's DissertationMaster's Thesisdropoutslearning |
| spellingShingle | Rafaela Alfalla Luque Pedro Garrido Vega María del Mar González Zamora Carmen Medina López Macarena Sacristán Díaz An analysis of the causes of Master's Thesis dropouts WPOM : Working Papers on Operations Management Master's Dissertation Master's Thesis dropouts learning |
| title | An analysis of the causes of Master's Thesis dropouts |
| title_full | An analysis of the causes of Master's Thesis dropouts |
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| title_short | An analysis of the causes of Master's Thesis dropouts |
| title_sort | analysis of the causes of master s thesis dropouts |
| topic | Master's Dissertation Master's Thesis dropouts learning |
| url | https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/WPOM/article/view/7114 |
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