Acknowledgements
Acronyms and abbreviations
Introduction
Michael Cosser and Moeketsi Letseka
Background to the Student Retention and Graduate Destination Study
Organisation of the monograph
1 Uniformity and disjunction in the school-to-higher-education transition
Michael Cosser
Introduction
Findings from the Student Retention and Graduate Destination Study
Observations arising from the analysis
2 Poverty, race and student achievement in seven higher education institutions
Moeketsi Letseka, Mignonne Breier and Mariette Visser
Introduction
South Africa: Two nations
Poverty in the Student Retention and Graduate Destination Study
Race and poverty
The apartheid legacy in education
Reasons for premature departure
Financing studies
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme
Conclusion
3 Student inclusion and exclusion at the University of the Witwatersrand
Gill Scott and Moeketsi Letseka
Introduction
Racial desegregation
Staff integration
Curriculum integration
Institutional culture integration
Conclusion
4 Dropout or stop out at the University of the Western Cape
Mignonne Breier
Introduction
An institutional case study
The Student Retention and Graduate Destination Study at UWC
Conclusion
5 Weighing success and diversity in the balance at Stellenbosch University
Trish Gibbon
Introduction
Measuring success at Stellenbosch University
Success factors
Non-completion at Stellenbosch University
Changing Stellenbosch University’s diversity profile
Conclusion
6 The graduate labour market
Percy Moleke
Introduction
Measuring the performance of the South African graduate labour market
Graduate labour market outcomes among the study cohort
Graduate employment
Conclusions
7 Student graduation, labour market destinations and employment earnings
Haroon Bhorat, Natasha Mayet and Mariette Visser
Introduction
Data
Higher education transition: A descriptive overview
From higher education to the labour market: A snapshot of trends
Graduation, employment and earnings: A multivariate analysis
The determinants of labour market outcomes: Employment and earnings equations
Conclusions
Afterword
Michael Cosser
