大學雙二一退學制度與學生規避退學行為

COLLEGE DUAL HALF DISMISSAL POLICY AND STUDENTS' AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR

本文分析退學制度下的四個議題：什麼樣的學生比較可能被退學；退學制度是否能提昇學生的學業表現；學生以什麼策略規避二一；發生二一後學生的修課行為是否改變？首先，男性、轉學生、曾休學、有學貸、學測分數低的學生較可能被退學。其次，發生二一的學生未來不及格率會下降。接著，在規避二一策略的有效性上，以不平均分配各科投入時間與規避二一有最顯著之正相關。在雙二一的退學制度下，有二一記錄的學生其未來所修的課可能既「不好過」，又「不營養」，他們的停修學分比自己以前停修的少，他們比以前更不會不平均分配各科投入時間，他們很可能會得到老師的通融，但因而及格的學分比例相當有限。因此，他們不及格比例的下降也包含了自己的努力。

This study investigates four issues of college dismissal policy. Who is more likely to be dismissed? Would a college dismissal policy enhance students' academic performance? What strategies are efficient for students to avoid dismissal? Could students that have failed half of the credits of a semester once change their course-taken behavior in the future? First of all, male students or those transferred from another school, students of resumption, and students with a student loan or with low General Scholastic Ability Test scores are more likely to be dismissed. Second, having failed half of the credits in a semester decreases a student's future failure rate. Third, distortion of study time among courses is positively correlated with avoiding failure of half the credits of courses in the future semester. Finally, after failure of half the credits of courses in a semester, students may take difficult to pass and not-easy-A courses; the amount of their course withdrawal declines, as well as the imbalance of time they spend on studying for each course. They may receive mercy from their course instructors; however, the possibility of them actually passing the course is low. In conclusion, their effort also contributes to bringing down their own failure rate.