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Students' influential factors in selecting private university for higher education in Bangladesh

The main drive of this study is to identify the factors considered by the students while choosing a private university to get admission. In addition, it is the intention of the research to provide some directions and guidelines to the university authorities on what areas need to focus. This study is...

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Main Authors: Rahman, Mohammad Mizanur, Abdul, Mohani, Rahaman, Mohammad Saidur
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60222/1/53-58.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.602222018-05-18T02:12:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60222/ Students' influential factors in selecting private university for higher education in Bangladesh Rahman, Mohammad Mizanur Abdul, Mohani Rahaman, Mohammad Saidur The main drive of this study is to identify the factors considered by the students while choosing a private university to get admission. In addition, it is the intention of the research to provide some directions and guidelines to the university authorities on what areas need to focus. This study is carried out by using a structured questionnaire taking a sample size of 200 collecting primary data from first year undergraduate students of different private universities located in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh. A number of statistical measures such as descriptive analysis, ANOVA test have been used to analyse the data to draw conclusions and offer recommendations. The results show that the influence of parents or guardians, friends in college or existing university, university educated relatives, university admissions representative, academic and university reputation, campus safety, and qualified faculties are the major influencing factors on the admission decision of a student to a specific university. Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60222/1/53-58.pdf Rahman, Mohammad Mizanur and Abdul, Mohani and Rahaman, Mohammad Saidur (2016) Students' influential factors in selecting private university for higher education in Bangladesh. In: Graduate Research in Education (GREDuc) 2016 Seminar, 17 Dec. 2016, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. (pp. 484-490).
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description The main drive of this study is to identify the factors considered by the students while choosing a private university to get admission. In addition, it is the intention of the research to provide some directions and guidelines to the university authorities on what areas need to focus. This study is carried out by using a structured questionnaire taking a sample size of 200 collecting primary data from first year undergraduate students of different private universities located in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh. A number of statistical measures such as descriptive analysis, ANOVA test have been used to analyse the data to draw conclusions and offer recommendations. The results show that the influence of parents or guardians, friends in college or existing university, university educated relatives, university admissions representative, academic and university reputation, campus safety, and qualified faculties are the major influencing factors on the admission decision of a student to a specific university.
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author Rahman, Mohammad Mizanur
Abdul, Mohani
Rahaman, Mohammad Saidur
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Abdul, Mohani
Rahaman, Mohammad Saidur
Students' influential factors in selecting private university for higher education in Bangladesh
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Abdul, Mohani
Rahaman, Mohammad Saidur
author_sort Rahman, Mohammad Mizanur
title Students' influential factors in selecting private university for higher education in Bangladesh
title_short Students' influential factors in selecting private university for higher education in Bangladesh
title_full Students' influential factors in selecting private university for higher education in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Students' influential factors in selecting private university for higher education in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Students' influential factors in selecting private university for higher education in Bangladesh
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publisher Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia
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