STUDENT ACADEMIC FAILURE: analysis and coping strategies at UFRN
College Education. Graduation cancellation. Course reactivation. Academic guidance.
The student trajectory is not always linear, smooth and organized in the University. Multifaceted are the reasons that lead students to insufficient academic performance and, consequently, to break their bond with the University. If, on the one hand, this type of cancellation has devastated the lives of students and the reality of the educational institution, on the other hand, the significant number of requests for course reactivation has raised questions. Within this context, this study aims to analyze the factors that led the student to academic failure; and those implemented for resuming studies after cancellation. In the first stage of the research, a questionnaire was elaborated and data was collected from the canceled students regarding the reasons that led them to be canceled in their respective courses . In the second stage, a questionnaire is being prepared to understand what caused them to have their course canceled again, leading to the non-completion of the courses after they were reactivated according to the approval of the Graduation Chamber. At the end of this study, it is intended to identify the path traced by the student in the search for academic success after canceling the course and present an instrument to university management, which will be a website with information to guide students in the face of insufficient academic performance and a proposal of suggestive draft with amendments to RESOLUTION No. 171/2013-CONSEPE, of November 5, 2013. The idea of these planned actions is to contribute to the reduction of cancellations of undergraduate courses at UFRN.