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Journal of Educational Research and Reviews
Research Article | Published July 2019 | Volume 7, Issue 7, pp. 149-154.
 doi: https://doi.org/10.33495/jerr_v7i7.19.132

 

Factors impacting student choice of satellite campus: A comparison between engineering and non-engineering at postgraduate level

 

 

 

Li Xiangming*
Gedan Yang

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Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, P.R. China. / Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, P.R. China.

 

 

 

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 Citation: Xiangming L, Yang G (2019). Factors impacting student choice of satellite campus: A comparison between engineering and non-engineering at postgraduate level. J. Edu. Res. Rev. 7(7): 149-154.
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 Abstract 

 

The existing literature about satellite campus in China, especially on postgraduate level, generated insufficient findings on the impacting factors on student choice prior to program enrollment. This study conducted a cross-sectional study on the postgraduate students (N=506) newly enrolled in the satellite campus to a prestigious research university in P.R. China with engineering (N=400) and non-engineering (N=106) background respectively. Statistical analysis of independent T-test was employed in this study. Quantitative results showed that there was no significant difference about the overall satisfaction and the choice difficulty between both groups. Within the framework of social capital theory, non-engineering students showed significantly more interest in the college peer-or-family discussion and marketing promotion while engineering counterparts generated more interest on the academic performance of individual supervisors in terms of individual-level resources. The engineering students emphasized the academic achievement and financial aid system of the satellite campus while the students from non-engineering background directed attention to the institutional resources and the enrollment bars. This study also demonstrated that the administration policy making of the satellite campus had great impact in the decision-making process of the students, in their level of expectation of the institute and at personal level as well.

 

Keywords  Satellite campus   student choice   social capital   micro-level   meso-level  

 

 

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