ANALYSIS OF FACTORS CAUSING THE DECLINE IN THE PARTICIPATION RATE OF UNIVERSITAS TERBUKA BENGKULU’S STUDENTS IN ON-DEMAND FACE-TO-FACE TUTORIALS (ATPEM) POST-COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

This study aimed to get the background of the trend of declining ATPEM participation after the pandemic by considerating the dynamics of UT Bengkulu students' needs and preferences for face-to-face tutorial services in the context of changing learning patterns due to the pandemic. The decrease in student participation in tutorials, as the focus of this study, is an important issue because it can have a negative impact on student learning outcomes and experiences in PJJ. The research carried out a stratified random sampling technique involving the division of the population into several subgroups (strata) from 10 districts/cities in Bengkulu Province spread across 30 UT Bengkulu Service Centers and then select random samples from each stratum to be analyzed descriptively and quantitatively using regression analysis in order to see the influence of various factors on student participation in TTM Atpem. The results of this research are expected to provide valuable input for UT Bengkulu in designing strategies to increase student participation in face-to-face tutorial services like before the pandemic