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Time for a change: An exploratory study of non-traditional students' time-use in the Southern Cross Model
Social Science Research Network (SSRN), Vol.Series Paper No. 2
Southern Cross University Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Research Paper Series, Elsevier
14/12/2021
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Abstract
Students transitioning to university are met with the challenge of how to manage their time. More non-traditional students are entering higher education and some traditional delivery models have adapted and changed to shorter delivery models, such as the Southern Cross Model, in an effort to better meet changing student needs. This study explores the time-use, perceived time pressure and academic success of non-traditional students in an Australian university enabling program in a traditional delivery mode compared to a shorter delivery model. Online survey data from cohorts in the two delivery models showed that over half of students always or often experienced feeling time pressure, though there was no significant difference between the two delivery models. The main reasons for feeling time pressure were the pressures of work/study and trying to balance work and family responsibilities. There was no significant correlation between time pressure and academic success across the delivery models, however for two subjects compared in this study academic success did increase in the Southern Cross Model overall. Moderate time pressure can enhance productivity and performance and the increased flexibility of the Southern Cross model may enable non-traditional students to balance competing commitments more successfully while achieving their academic goals.
Details
- Title
- Time for a change: An exploratory study of non-traditional students' time-use in the Southern Cross Model
- Creators
- Johanna Nieuwoudt (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityKerrie Stimpson (Author) - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Social Science Research Network (SSRN), Vol.Series Paper No. 2
- Series
- Southern Cross University Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Research Paper Series
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 21
- Identifiers
- 991012983998802368
- Academic Unit
- SCU College
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Preprint
- Local Fields
- Original Research - SoLT