Effective Practices for Enhancing Students' Commitment to the Higher Educational Institutes

Abstract

The institutes of higher education, in India, are confronted with uncertainty, pertaining to the dedication of students, which validates the cognizance of the need for the students' commitment to the educational institutes. The study aims to gauge the students' commitment to the educational institutes and to scrutinize the influence of select practices for enhancing students' commitment to the institutes of higher education.

Motivation for the study: Though preceding scholars have established the connection between students' loyalty, satisfaction, and good practices in Western nations, there appears to be a scarcity of studies in the context of commitment especially in developing countries, including India. The findings may contribute to the present-day debate and help enhance the students' intent to stay in their present educational institutes by incorporating select practices. The sample (n =131) comprised completely of the first-year students/the Freshers as the maximum dropouts take place among the first year students/the Freshers from a Technical University from the State of Rajasthan. Descriptive and Analytical techniques inclusive of descriptive statistics, validity and reliability testing, Cronbach's Alpha, multiple linear regression analysis, and Pearson product moment tests were done utilizing IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 23. The results showed that Teamwork, Training and Placement and Communication/information sharing all have a significant affirmative connection with the students' commitment to their academic institutes. The highest correlation was found between the Teamwork variable and commitment, followed by Training and placement, and communication/information sharing. The study concludes that commitment toward educational institutes can be enhanced by adopting these effective practices and strategies.