Factores asociados a la deserción académica en los programas de las escuelas de la universidad nacional abierta y a distancia – UNAD- CCAV Cartagena

The objective of this research is to identify the different factors associated with the desertion of students from the different schools of The “Universidad Nacional Abierta Y a Distancia” UNAD in the Community Center of Virtual Attention (CCAV) of Cartagena. It is empirical-analytical, ex post facto type with quantitative - descriptive. Of the total defected population in the study period, a sample of 210 students was taken. Getting the theoretical basis two great interpretive frameworks, one that emphasizes on external agents such as socioeconomic situation, working conditions, hours of dedication to study and family context; and the other one, that takes into account internal agents as motivational problems, personal, performance, poor performance, misconduct and age, and individual family, related to the school, and regional and contextual factors are analyzed and found to be the biggest weight they have in their order, the economic, the inadequate methods of study, the adaptation to the system, the type of job in which the student performs and the inadequate bases of training with which they arrive.