Fatores determinantes da evasão no curso de Ciências Contábeis da faculdade privada de ensino superior Estácio em João Pessoa

Abstract

This research aimed to identify the main factors determining evasion from the perspective of the Accounting Sciences course at Faculdade Estácio da Paraíba. Opt for descriptive, qualitative and quantitative research, through data collection and analysis of reports from information extracted from the Academic Information System to access the situation of students who entered the course, between studies from 2015.2 to 2019.1. Total of 284 students who entered the Accounting Sciences Course, 233 students until 06/30/2019. A survey consisted of a questionnaire sent via e-mail to drop-out students. A sample consisted of 200 students. According to the result of the internal factors are: discontent with the college infrastructure, difficulty understanding the classes, not having been identified as the institution's rules and procedures. As external factors, attributed to the main ones: economic difficulties, wrong choice of course, work difficulties and family studies, lack of professional perspective and personal problems, such as, for example, housing. The conclusion of the study shows the importance of applying an instrument that characterizes the student, so that, later on, it presents other instruments for collecting data and information that can be evidenced as causes of evasion.