Parallel enrollments: associations between university student life and performance
Austria’s university system has no tuition fees and allows students to enroll in an unlimited number of programs simultaneously, regulated via legal measures to ensure fast and efficient studying and especially challenging those with more than one enrollment. The aim of this study was to identify as...
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| author | Alexander Karl Ferdinand Loder Amani Colleen Brandweiner Guilherme Maia de Oliveira Wood |
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| description | Austria’s university system has no tuition fees and allows students to enroll in an unlimited number of programs simultaneously, regulated via legal measures to ensure fast and efficient studying and especially challenging those with more than one enrollment. The aim of this study was to identify associations between student performance and dimensions of student life. The sample consisted of 213 students, filling in an online survey; 48 respondents had multiple enrollments. Objective performance from a university’s database were merged with survey data. Regression analyses were conducted on the levels 1) full dataset, 2) students with one enrollment and 3) students with multiple enrollments. Average grades and failed exams were negatively associated with sleep for students with one enrollment, but not with multiple enrollments. Performance of multiple enrollment students cannot be explained the same way as for students with one enrollment. There is a difference between these student groups in which variables are associated with student performance. Implications are that a university system allowing for multiple enrollments needs targeted support structures to address the differences between these student groups. More research is needed on which support mechanisms can be introduced to specifically target students with multiple enrollments. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dbd3796afdcf42e9845d71229c6a8c482025-08-20T02:29:55ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Education2331-186X2025-12-0112110.1080/2331186X.2025.2474280Parallel enrollments: associations between university student life and performanceAlexander Karl Ferdinand Loder0Amani Colleen Brandweiner1Guilherme Maia de Oliveira Wood2Department for Performance and Quality Management, University of Graz, Graz, AustriaInstitute for Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, AustriaInstitute for Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, AustriaAustria’s university system has no tuition fees and allows students to enroll in an unlimited number of programs simultaneously, regulated via legal measures to ensure fast and efficient studying and especially challenging those with more than one enrollment. The aim of this study was to identify associations between student performance and dimensions of student life. The sample consisted of 213 students, filling in an online survey; 48 respondents had multiple enrollments. Objective performance from a university’s database were merged with survey data. Regression analyses were conducted on the levels 1) full dataset, 2) students with one enrollment and 3) students with multiple enrollments. Average grades and failed exams were negatively associated with sleep for students with one enrollment, but not with multiple enrollments. Performance of multiple enrollment students cannot be explained the same way as for students with one enrollment. There is a difference between these student groups in which variables are associated with student performance. Implications are that a university system allowing for multiple enrollments needs targeted support structures to address the differences between these student groups. More research is needed on which support mechanisms can be introduced to specifically target students with multiple enrollments.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2331186X.2025.2474280Academic Analyticsparallel enrollmentstudent retentionstudent dropoutstudent lifestudent performance |
| spellingShingle | Alexander Karl Ferdinand Loder Amani Colleen Brandweiner Guilherme Maia de Oliveira Wood Parallel enrollments: associations between university student life and performance Cogent Education Academic Analytics parallel enrollment student retention student dropout student life student performance |
| title | Parallel enrollments: associations between university student life and performance |
| title_full | Parallel enrollments: associations between university student life and performance |
| title_fullStr | Parallel enrollments: associations between university student life and performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parallel enrollments: associations between university student life and performance |
| title_short | Parallel enrollments: associations between university student life and performance |
| title_sort | parallel enrollments associations between university student life and performance |
| topic | Academic Analytics parallel enrollment student retention student dropout student life student performance |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2331186X.2025.2474280 |
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