Title
Exploring the effects of the COVID-19 emergency remote education on students’ social and academic integration in higher education in Austria
Author
Ghaleb Alnahdi
Special Education Department, College of Education, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University
Abstract
This article analyses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on university students’ social and academic integration, based on Tinto’s integration theory. A total of 640 university students in Austria completed an online survey pertaining to academic and social integration during the home-learning period. Results indicate that social integration and academic integration decreased significantly during the lockdown period in the beginning of 2020. The level of perceived support during home learning was positively associated with the levels of social and academic integration. Furthermore, while student age was a predictor for higher academic integration, it was not a predictor for social integration among peer students. Academic and social integration during COVID-19 was significantly linked with student satisfaction in various studies. This study has important implications for future home-learning periods, suggesting how institutions could prepare for longer disruptions of attendance and how they could leverage student integration.
Keywords
Higher educationstudent retentionsocial integrationacademic integrationCOVID-19emergency remote education
Object type
Language
English [eng]
Persistent identifier
https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1624670
Appeared in
Title
Higher Education Research & Development
ISSN
0729-4360
Issued
2022
From page
1
To page
15
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Date issued
2022
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