Abstract
Outputs from a computerised touch pad turnstile security system that recorded business students' entries into and exits from a university's buildings revealed that a significant number of the institution's first‐year intake withdrew from their (business) degree programmes within a few weeks of enrolment. Accordingly, a sample of these ‘early walkers’ was contacted and interviewed to ascertain why they had dropped out. The outcomes to the interviews were compared against the predictions of a model of early walking behaviour developed on the basis of pre‐existing literature in the (general rather than short‐term) student withdrawal field. A questionnaire was then drafted and administered to all beginning domestic first‐year undergraduate students in the university's business studies department in order to establish the characteristics of the students who were most likely to quit their courses shortly after starting a degree.
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