A Study of College Selection Criteria as Applied to Three Small Rural Community Colleges in North Texas Metadata

Title

• Main Title A Study of College Selection Criteria as Applied to Three Small Rural Community Colleges in North Texas

Creator

• Author: Whitt, Jerry W.
  Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

• Chair: McLeod, Pat N.
  Contributor Type: Personal
  Contributor Info: Major Professor
• Committee Member: Williams, Robert K.
  Contributor Type: Personal
  Contributor Info: Minor Professor
• Committee Member: Moorman, Jerry Wayne
  Contributor Type: Personal
• Committee Member: Vance, B. Dwain
  Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

• Name: University of North Texas
  Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

• Creation: 1989-08

Language

• English

Description

• Content Description: The purposes of this study were to identify criteria which influence students' decisions to attend specific colleges and to determine whether different groups of students use similar criteria. The following groups were compared: white students and minority students, males and females, older students and younger students, university-bound students and vocational students, and full-time students and part-time students. The sample used for this study was taken from the students enrolled in freshman English classes at Vernon Regional Junior College, Clarendon College, and Grayson County College. Approximately 100 students at each college were selected to participate in the study. Each student in the study received instruction, provided demographic information, and completed a two-part survey. The survey asked respondents to evaluate each of twenty items on a Likert-type scale. The data provided were compiled and organized into groups by a data base computer program. Data obtained from specific groups of respondents were compared, first through an examination of means, then through a chi-square test of independence. It was determined that the most important college selection criteria to these respondents were the cost of attendance, the availability of specific programs, the size of the college, the size of individual classes, the location of the school, and the availability of financial aid. Further, the research revealed that two comparison groups differed significantly in their choices of important college selection criteria. Younger students appeared to use different selection criteria than their older counterparts, and vocational students differed from university-bound students in their choice of criteria.
• Physical Description: v, 121 leaves

Subject

• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Vernon Regional Junior College.
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Clarendon College.
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Grayson County College.
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Community colleges -- Texas.
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: College choice -- Texas.
• Keyword: student decisions
• Keyword: attend college
• Keyword: influence
• Keyword: cost of attendance

Coverage

• Place Name: United States - Texas - Wilbarger County - Vernon
• Place Name: United States - Texas - Donley County - Clarendon
• Place Name: United States - Texas - Grayson County

Collection

• Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
  Code: UNTETD

Institution

• Name: UNT Libraries
  Code: UNT

Rights

• Rights Access: public
• Rights Holder: Whitt, Jerry W.
• Rights License: copyright
• Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

• Thesis or Dissertation

Format

• Text

Identifier

• Accession or Local Control No: 1002714167-Whitt
• Call Number: 379 N81d no.3071
• UNT Catalog No.: b1451210
• Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc332106

Degree

• Academic Department: Department of Occupational and Vocational Education
• Degree Discipline: Vocational-Technical Education
• Degree Level: Doctoral
• Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy
• Degree Publication Type: disse
• Degree Grantor: University of North Texas