Personal touch helps reduce dropout rate

Student dropout rates at institutions which have had the worst retention rates in recent years have been falling, according to the latest university performance indicators published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency. The universities are using schemes such as personal tutors for new students in their first few months at university in order to reduce dropout rates. Cambridge University, with a 1% dropout rate, was the university with the lowest dropout rate in 2002-2003, while Bolton, with a 31.9% dropout rate, was the university with the highest dropout rate.