When looking at the literature, it is apparent that there is international interest in student absenteeism. Everyone seems to be interested in student absenteeism and its implications and effects for the institutions, for the individual students, and for the college professors (Barlow & Fleischer, 2011). Absenteeism has been a common problem for universities for many years, yet this topic has not been getting the research attention that it deserves. Absenteeism in public high schools can affect student’s progress, decreased budget, a lower graduation rates, and other consequences. Unlike public high schools, universities are not expensive so it does not directly affect funding, but could affect university student’s academic achievement and
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The reason for the student’s absence can be due to a large range of factors that are not necessarily related to the student’s choice. Therefore, there is a need for a clear and concise distinction between involuntary absenteeism and voluntary absenteeism. Involuntary absenteeism is the result of the student’s incapability to attend class, while voluntary absenteeism is the result of simply the student’s decision to not attend class. And just as both studies by Triadó-Ivern et al. (2009a, 2009b) suggest, both types of absenteeism are a result of the inefficiency of higher education. This can be observed through absenteeism becoming a waste of infrequent resources that could have been useful to properly educate college …show more content…
(2015) was conducted in the European country of Spain. Our current study is only focusing on absenteeism at Cal-State University, San Bernardino, which is located in the United States of America. Differences in the cost of living and cost of attending colleges need to be taken into account. According to the website www.numbeo.com (which was mentioned or used as a source by many international newspapers and magazines including BBC, Time, The Week, Forbes, The Economist, Business Insider, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, The Telegraph, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, China Daily, The Washington Post, USA Today and dozens more), the average cost of living and college education is lower in Spain than in the USA. Therefore, we must take that into account when forming our hypothesis. Our hypothesis for this current study is that students from Cal-State University, San Bernardino are more likely to be absent due to ‘imponderables,’ as described in Factor 4. This hypothesis was chosen because of the higher costs of living in California as well as the data from the previous study by López-Bonilla, J.M., & López-Bonilla, L.M. (2015) which showed that 2 of the 6 items in the ‘imponderables’ factor had the first highest and third highest average score out of their 28
The reason for the student’s absence can be due to a large range of factors that are not necessarily related to the student’s choice. Therefore, there is a need for a clear and concise distinction between involuntary absenteeism and voluntary absenteeism. Involuntary absenteeism is the result of the student’s incapability to attend class, while voluntary absenteeism is the result of simply the student’s decision to not attend class. And just as both studies by Triadó-Ivern et al. (2009a, 2009b) suggest, both types of absenteeism are a result of the inefficiency of higher education. This can be observed through absenteeism becoming a waste of infrequent resources that could have been useful to properly educate college …show more content…
(2015) was conducted in the European country of Spain. Our current study is only focusing on absenteeism at Cal-State University, San Bernardino, which is located in the United States of America. Differences in the cost of living and cost of attending colleges need to be taken into account. According to the website www.numbeo.com (which was mentioned or used as a source by many international newspapers and magazines including BBC, Time, The Week, Forbes, The Economist, Business Insider, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, The Telegraph, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, China Daily, The Washington Post, USA Today and dozens more), the average cost of living and college education is lower in Spain than in the USA. Therefore, we must take that into account when forming our hypothesis. Our hypothesis for this current study is that students from Cal-State University, San Bernardino are more likely to be absent due to ‘imponderables,’ as described in Factor 4. This hypothesis was chosen because of the higher costs of living in California as well as the data from the previous study by López-Bonilla, J.M., & López-Bonilla, L.M. (2015) which showed that 2 of the 6 items in the ‘imponderables’ factor had the first highest and third highest average score out of their 28