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Enkele voorspellers van die akademiese prestasie van eerste- jaarstudente in drie- en vierjaar- kurrikulums
(University of the Free State, 2012)
English: Low success rates at South African higher education institutions instigated renewed interest in the predictors of academic performance. This study article investigates academic and psychosocial predictors of ...
Participation in higher education: experiences of students with disabilities
(University of the Free State, 2011)
English: Higher education institutions are required to promote equal access to all qualifying students, including those with disabilities. These institutions are expected to create environments that accommodate the diverse ...
Revisiting planning education at the University of Pretoria
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2012)
English: This article discusses the way in which the Department of Town and Regional Planning at
the University of Pretoria is using three sets of projects in which it has participated over the
past twelve years in ...
Psychological mindedness and academic achievement of psychology students in a higher education environment
(University of the Free State, 2011)
English: This article aims to determine the relationship between psychological mindedness
and academic achievement and whether there are differences in demographic variables
in relation to both psychological mindedness ...
Learning potential and academic literacy tests as predictors of academic performance for engineering students
(University of the Free State, 2013)
English: Students who obtain senior certificates in the South African schooling system cannot be assumed to be adequately prepared to meet the demands of tertiary education. This study aims to determine the criterion-related ...
‘Breaking out of the cocoon’: academics’ experiences of integrating HIV and AIDS into the curriculum
(University of the Free State, 2013)
English: The South African Higher Education Policy Framework on HIV and AIDS tasks universities to address HIV and AIDS in teaching, research and community engagement. In a global economy, integration in academic disciplines ...
Generic competences in Higher Education: studying their development in undergraduate social science studies by means of a specific methodology
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)
Research into the acquisition of generic competences was carried out with the undergraduate social science programmes offered by the Ramon Llull University, Barcelona (Spain). For these programmes an innovative methodology ...
The impact of student opinions of built heritage on their perceptions of institutional loyalty: implications for marketing strategies
(University of the Free State, 2012)
English: Research has shown that the racial diversity of university student populations improves social tolerance and academic performance. However, students of colour are more likely to drop out than their white counterparts ...
The role of university law clinics in public interest litigation, with specific reference to South Africa
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2013)
English: University law clinics in South Africa emerged from the desire of law students and
academics to be involved in the struggle for social justice, while simultaneously
providing clinical legal education for the ...
Higher education and the public good: precarious potential?
(University of the Free State, 2014)
Concerns about, and critiques of neo liberal policy regimes in higher education have
heightened the search for alternative normative and organisational models, many
of which have coalesced around the necessity to re ...