"Persisting students" are those who register on courses but do not pass examinations and therefore remain undergraduates longer. They were observed by analysing the case of students who file a request to renew their registration as undergraduates for the first two years at university (DEUG diploma level) and also in a University Diploma whose aim is to help students into restreaming. The university confers a certain social status to registered students. It also enables them to live in an in-between world which may either shut them in or allow them to open up to an alternative way of life.
bachelor degree studies; dropout; science of education
