Admission path, family structure and outcomes in Ghana’s public universities: evidence from KNUST students enrolled in the social sciences

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dc.contributor.authorOfori-Abebrese, Grace
dc.contributor.authorYusif, Hadrat
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-04T12:03:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-19T00:35:56Z
dc.date.available2018-06-04T12:03:14Z
dc.date.available2023-04-19T00:35:56Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionArticle published in The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017en_US
dc.description.abstractAt the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana, first year enrolment increased by 1466.81% from 708 in 1961/1962 to 11,093 in 2011. In the 2013/2014 academic year, the total student population was 45,897. There are now five main admission paths, comprising regular, mature, fee paying, less endowed, and protocol/staff admissions. The number of dropouts and fails has risen steeply, for example, at the end of the 2013/2014 academic year, roughly 22.11% of the 1239 students were either withdrawn or repeated at the Faculty of Social Sciences due to non-performance. This paper examined the impact of the admission path and family structure on university students’ academic outcomes. A logistic model was applied to individual-level data obtained from 1000 students enrolled at the Faculty of Social Sciences in the university. The results indicated that the regular and mature admission paths have a positive impact on performance whilst the fee-paying admission path has a significant negative influence on academic performance. It wasalsofoundthatthefamilystructure(livingwiththefatherandmotherandthemotheronly) has a significant positive influence on performance. The study recommended that lecturers should bemotivated to conductadditionalclasses foracademicallyweakstudents.Counselling units should also identify students who experienced disruption in home life and raise their aspirations.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKNUSTen_US
dc.identifier.citationThe International Journal of Higher Education Research 2017, Volume 74, Issue 6, pp 1069–1089en_US
dc.identifier.issn0018-1560
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/11259
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe International Journal of Higher Education Researchen_US
dc.subjectAdmissionpathen_US
dc.subjectFamily structureen_US
dc.subjectCumulative weighted averageen_US
dc.subjectAcademic performanceen_US
dc.subjectUniversityen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.titleAdmission path, family structure and outcomes in Ghana’s public universities: evidence from KNUST students enrolled in the social sciencesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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