Mentoring First-Year Distance Education Students in Taxation Studies

Martin, F; Collier, K; Carlon, S

Mentoring First-Year Distance Education Students in Taxation Studies

Martin, F Collier, K Carlon, S

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Publisher:: Centre for Legal Education
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Legal Education Review, 2009, 19 (2), pp. 217 - 234
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Martin, F	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Collier, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Carlon, S	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Legal Education Review, 2009, 19 (2), pp. 217 - 234	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1033-2839	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11829
dc.description.abstract	Research indicates that the dropout rate for fi rst-year students in universities is traditionally higher than for later years,1 with external or distance students posing the highest risk of withdrawal from studies of any group.2 This has been the case with the Bachelor of Taxation (BTax) in the Australian School of Taxation (Atax), Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). The BTax program is offered nationally in an off-campus delivery mode and focuses on teaching taxation and commercial law as well as economics and accounting. The majority of its students are in fulltime employment, studying part-time; and generally students are in their late 20s to early 40s. A range of support measures, including student peer mentoring, has been successfully employed in Australia and elsewhere as a strategy to support fi rst-year university students in their studies.	en_US
dc.publisher	Centre for Legal Education	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Legal Education Review	en_US
dc.title	Mentoring First-Year Distance Education Students in Taxation Studies	en_US
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Abstract:

Research indicates that the dropout rate for fi rst-year students in universities is traditionally higher than for later years,1 with external or distance students posing the highest risk of withdrawal from studies of any group.2 This has been the case with the Bachelor of Taxation (BTax) in the Australian School of Taxation (Atax), Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). The BTax program is offered nationally in an off-campus delivery mode and focuses on teaching taxation and commercial law as well as economics and accounting. The majority of its students are in fulltime employment, studying part-time; and generally students are in their late 20s to early 40s. A range of support measures, including student peer mentoring, has been successfully employed in Australia and elsewhere as a strategy to support fi rst-year university students in their studies.

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