Factors Contributing to School Dropout at the University of Cauca

Falla, Maria; Vargas-Cañas, Rubiel

doi:10.1590/2175-6236130607vs02

Maria Falla E-mail: mfalla@unicauca.edu.co

Maria Falla received B.S in physics engineering from University of Cauca, Popayán, in 2008, M.Sc. degree in physics science from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez campus, Puerto Rico, in 2013. From 2009 to 2010, she was professor in the university Fundación Universitaria de Popayán, in Popayán. From 2014 to the present, she is professor with the Physics Department, University of Cauca, Popayán.

Universidad Del Cauca (Unicauca), Cauca – Colombia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4603-6987

Rubiel Vargas-Cañas E-mail: rubiel@unicauca.edu.co

Rubiel Vargas-Cañas received the B.S. in computer sciences engineering from the Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, in 2000, M.Sc. degree in engineering from the Universidad del Valle, in 2010 and the Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering from City University, London, UK, in 2012. From 2001 to 2002, he was the coordinator of the academic Databases for the library of Universidad Industrial de Santander. Since 2002, he has been a Professor in the Physics Department of the Universidad del Cauca.

Universidad Del Cauca (Unicauca), Cauca – Colombia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1548-942X

E-mail: mfalla@unicauca.edu.co

E-mail: rubiel@unicauca.edu.co

Editor in charge: Lodenir Karnopp

Name	Description	Type
ENTRY_PERIOD	Period in which the student enters the Institution	Number
FACULTY	Faculty to which the student belongs	Text
PROGRAM	Program in which the student enrolls	Text
LEVEL	This can be Professional or technological	Text
SCHEDULE	Schedule of the program to which the student belongs, can be Daytime or Nighttime	Text
MODALITY	This is purely face-to-face in the studied semesters	Text
HEADQUARTERS	Headquarters of the University of Cauca, these are located in Popayán, Santander de Quilichao, Miranda and Silvia	Text
STATUS	Current status of the student or status at the time of leaving the University, these appear as ACTIVE or INACTIVE, according to the academic and/or financial condition within the University	Number
NEW_STATUS	Graduation date of the student	Number
GRADE	Current grade of the student or at the time of leaving the University, these appear as REPETITIVE, BALANCED, LOW PERFORMANCE, REGULAR, according to the academic condition of the student	Text
IDENTIFICATION_TYPE	Type of identification of the current student	Number
IDENTIFICATION	Number of the type of identification	Number
CODE	Code of the student given in the Institution	Number
AGE	Age of the enrolled student	Number
CITY_OF_ORIGIN	City of origin of the enrolled student	Text
CITY_OF_RESIDENCE	City of residence of the enrolled student	Text
PLACE_OF_ISSUANCE_ID	Place of issuance of the identification document	Text
GENDER	Gender of the enrolled student	Text
BLACK_COMMUNITIES	Student who belongs to black communities	Text
INDIGENOUS_PEOPLES	Student who belongs to Indigenous communities	Text
STRATUM	Stratum of the student who enrolls	Number
DISABILITY	Disability of the student who enrolls	Text
CAREER_AVERAGE	Cumulative average of the career of the enrolled student	Decimal
SEMESTER_AVERAGE	Cumulative average of the semester in which the student enrolls	Decimal

	Semester Average		Career Average
	Dropouts	Non-Dropouts	Dropouts	Non-Dropouts
Median	1.99	3.11	2.29	3.58
Upper Range	2.10 - 3.50 (1.40)	3.60 - 4.00 (0.4)	2.69 - 3.62 (0.93)	3.76 - 3.99 (0.23)
Lower Range	0.18 - 2.10 (1.92)	2.90 - 3.60 (0.7)	0.86 - 2.69 (1.83)	3.42 - 3.76 (0.34)

[1] E-mail: mfalla@unicauca.edu.co

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Factors Contributing to School Dropout at the University of Cauca

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