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dc.contributor.authorLe, Khoa
dc.contributor.authorTam, Vivian
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:56:49Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:56:49Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2011-11-03T06:15:48Z
dc.identifier.issn03043797
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03043790802564087
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/23448
dc.description.abstractSix factors for pursuing an engineering postgraduate programme at Griffith University including (i) programme quality; (ii) employment prospects; (iii) practicality; (iv) personal interest; (v) popularity; and (vi) reputation; and 11 factors for not pursuing this engineering programme including (i) employment prospects; (ii) degree of difficulty; (iii) loss of interest; (iv) interaction with classmates and lecturers; (v) financial difficulty; (vi) programme quality; (vii) persuasion from other institutions; (viii) obligation to family; (ix) career change; (x) self-confidence; and (xi) relocation are studied in this paper. A questionnaire survey on factors for pursuing and against pursuing the programme is conducted. Individual interviews are conducted to gather further information and clarification on the survey. F-tests, relative important index values and spectral behaviour of all factors are estimated. It is found that employment prospects and programme quality are the major factors for pursuing and for not pursuing the programme.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom511
dc.relation.ispartofpageto524
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEuropean Journal of Engineering Education
dc.relation.ispartofvolume33
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEngineering not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEngineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode099999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode09
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode13
dc.titleHow to retain postgraduate students in engineering programmes: a practical perspective
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Engineering
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorLe, Khoa N.
gro.griffith.authorTam, Vivian WY.


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