Student attrition is a significant problem and a huge challenge from an institutional point of view. Although completion rates in Poland are lower than in most Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, the problem has not been studied thoroughly. In order to shed light on that problem the aim of this paper is to present the results of a mixed methods study on dropout behaviour at the University of Warsaw, Poland’s largest higher education institution, combining administrative data analysis, survey research and individual in-depth interviews. The main results are: 1) students drop out mainly during the first year of studies, 2) there are three main types of dropouts – planned dropout, academic failure and those who are disappointed with their studies 3) one of the reasons for this lies in the process of choosing the study programme. Improving this decision process by providing more information and support to candidates should help reduce dropout rates.

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有预谋的、被驳回的和幻灭的：波兰的高等教育辍学

从制度的角度来看，学生流失是一个重大问题，也是一个巨大的挑战。虽然波兰的完成率低于大多数经济合作与发展组织国家，但这个问题还没有得到彻底的研究。为了阐明这个问题，本文的目的是展示波兰最大的高等教育机构华沙大学对辍学行为的混合方法研究结果，结合行政数据分析、调查研究和个人深入研究。采访。主要结果是：1) 学生主要在学习的第一年辍学，2) 主要有三种辍学类型——计划辍学，学业失败和对学习感到失望的人 3）造成这种情况的原因之一在于选择学习课程的过程。通过向候选人提供更多信息和支持来改进这一决策过程应该有助于降低辍学率。