Does course completion time affect student inter-university transfer? An investigation from selected private universities in Kenya

Abstract

The objective of this study was to establish the relationship between the course completion time and student mobility. This study employed a descriptive quantitative survey design. This study targeted 26 registered private universities (including private university constituents where mobility rate records are too high) in Nairobi County, Kenya. The research sample size was 180 private university students and nine registrars. Version 22.0 of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used in the analyses of quantitative data. Descriptive analysis, inferential statistics, and regression analysis were used to analyse the findings. Descriptive statistics such as standard deviation, mean scores and percentages were computed appropriately. The Binary logistic regression analysis was employed to find out the extent of the effect on the dependent variables of independent variables. This study found that the mobility of students in Nairobi County, Kenya, is greatly influenced by course completion times. This study concluded that course completion time significantly influences students' mobility in private universities in Nairobi County in Kenya. Students who enrol in an academic institution of higher learning are determined to complete the whole course. It is, therefore, the role of any such institution to ensure that all possible controls are made to avoid delays in completion rates. The study recommended that private universities make deliberate efforts to ensure that course completion time improves in their study programmes.