The Acceptance of Nudges to Encourage HEI Students to Graduate: A Comparative Study

Kovács Radek, Klunin Artsiom, Korečková Jana and Sloboda Matúš
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Kovács Radek: University of Economics and Business, Prague, Czech Republic.
Klunin Artsiom: Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Korečková Jana: Centre for Higher Education Studies, Prague, Czech Republic.
Sloboda Matúš: Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, 2024, vol. 17, issue 2, 51-79

Abstract: The study aims to shed light on the acceptance of nudges to encourage HEI students to graduate successfully and to prevent drop-out. The example of two Central European countries with significantly high drop-out rates examines the acceptance of high- and low-touch nudges. The nudges were classified as high-touch or low-touch based on the potential costs of the intervention and whether the intervention involved in-person interaction. The results show that the general acceptance of proposed nudges is similarly high, whereby high-touch nudges are more popular than low-touch ones in both countries. Further, high-touch nudges have a significantly higher level of acceptance. The findings suggest that a communication form (text messaging, email, face-to-face interaction) can influence the acceptance level of the pro-graduation nudge.

Keywords: behavioral insights; drop-out; nudging HEI students; pro-graduation nudges (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.2478/nispa-2024-0013

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