Share Paper: Making a business case for the design and development of a first year experience programme(FYEP) for students enrolled in an open distance and e-learning university

  1. Maria Madiope, University Of South Africa, South Africa
Tuesday, October 16 3:30 PM-4:00 PM Las Vegas Ballroom 6

Abstract: Transitioning from school education to post school education environments is a traumatic and trying experience for students, whether it is at undergraduate or postgraduate level. The question then begs, what are institutions of higher learning doing in order to strategise and put into place intervention programmes to bridge the gap of student experience between school and post school education? Is student induction and orientation enough? The answer is simply no! I opine that unless higher education institutions design and develop a formal and structured programme as a strategic student retention tool, there is no way that we can promote “graduateness” ...