SUnStAR IO1: Literature Review and Conceptualization

Abstract

This report includes: a brief description of the access process to Higher Education among partners' countries (Germany, Greece, Portugal and Serbia); the definition of drop-out in each country, how it is measured and reports on drop-out; a literature review on the factors linked to drop-out and to successful adaptation to higher education and a brief conceptualisation of the SUnStAR project as a possible response to students' intention of dropping-out.