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    Caracterización de la deserción en la Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia durante el período 2008-2015
    (Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, 2018) Guerrero, Sara Cristina
    Introduction: Higher Education Institutions (HEI) should evidence follow-up on dropout, permanence, graduation, and, in general, any status presented by students, which supports decision-making and the proposal for new strategies intended to mitigate high dropout rates. Objectives: To characterize the dropout trajectory of students enrolled from 2008 to the first semester of 2015, analyzing the trend over time of the students’ status (graduates, enrolled, academic terminations and deserters). Materials and methods: This is a descriptive research based on the data supplied by the Group of Systems Organization of the University. The association of desertion is analyzed by means of simple correspondences between the State High School tests (SABER tests) taken by the students and the UPTC faculties. Likewise, and exploratory analysis is made based on the discriminant analysis to classify dropout and non-dropout students with the variables: SABER tests, cumulative GPA and age. The results show that dropout students are influenced by low scores on the SABER Test, that the Basic Sciences Faculty has the highest dropout rate, and that change of study program influences dropping out. Conclusions: Institutions should conduct studies to identify the causes of desertion and establish strategies for potential deserters before they leave the system; in that sense, HEI should be facilitators in the processes of permanence and graduation taking into account the quality of their graduates.