FACTORES QUE INFLUYEN EN LA DESERCIÓN UNIVERSITARIA. CASO: UNIVERSIDAD DE GUAYAQUIL, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS ADMINISTRATIVAS

Abstract

The dropout is the compulsory voluntary abandonment of students who enroll for the first time in university degrees. The temporary or permanent abandonment of university studies has been and is a subject of great concern in Latin America and the whole world. The general objective of this study is to investigate when an event such as dropping out of college and the consequences of making this decision may occur. This research focuses as follows: the abandonment of university students from the first years of the University of Guayaquil specifically the faculty of administrative sciences and what factors are the ones that happen in this decision. Factors influencing this decision were selected as household expenditure factor and economic / national income (GDP). We found problems with the variable household expenditure, while with the variable economic income if it is related to the model, which is why this variable is influential in the dropout of university students.