HE Feixia  ZHOU Xiaoli  LOU Zhenzhen

Journal of Graduate Education. 2023(01)

Abstract：Postgraduate dropout has a negative impact on both universities and individuals. The study of dropout intention as an antecedent variable of dropout behavior can help reduce the occurrence of postgraduate dropout. Based on the personal cases provided by individuals in writing in response to "why do postgraduates want to drop out" in the "Zhihu" Q&A column, this paper uses grounded theory to analyze the factors influencing their dropout intention and construct an impact framework model, which shows the factors that influence the dropout intention of postgraduates can be divided into the following six aspects: external drive to be a postgraduate, negative personal expectation for the future, the influence of others who are important to them, a sense of low efficiency in their studies, lack of academic interest, and the adaptation to new academic life. According to the findings by virtue of the influencing factors model, this paper proposes some intervention measures, including the cultivation of positive academic emotion, optimization of the cultivation mode, development of teacher-student culture, and provision of guidance to newly matriculated postgraduates in their transition period to academic life.

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