Investigating Student Retention in ANU Language and Culture Programs

The intial funding for this project ($50,000) was provided by the Vice-Chancellor. This is a pilot project to investigate retention rates in all 20 beginning language and culture courses at the ANU. The purpose of this project is to collect a substantial sample of initial data on why students do not re-enrol in second year language study following enrolment in first year. This will help guide immediate teaching/planning decisions and to inform the design of a larger project for the future

Project Team

* Gerlese Akerlind, CEDAM, (Project Leader)
* Louise Jansen, School of Language Studies
* Louise Maurer, School of Language Studies
* Roald Maliangkaij, China and Korea Centre
* Daniel Mario Martin, School of Language Studies
* Maurice Nevile, CEDAM

Language Consultants

Monica Aznarez, School of Language Studies Thai Duy Bao, Southeast Asia Centre
Richard Barz, General, Faculty of Asian Studies Peter Brown, School of Language Studies
Piera Carroli, School of Language Studies, Tim Hassall, Southeast Asia Centre
Hossein Heirani-Moghaddam, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies Shunichi Ikeda, Southeast Asia Centre
Mehmet Ilhan, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies Elizabeth Minchin, School of Language Studies
Chintana Sandilands, Southeast Asia Centre, Gabriele Schmidt, School of Language Studies
McComas Taylor, Southeast Asia Centre Yanyan Wang, Southeast Asia Centre
Yogendra Yadav, Southeast Asia Centre