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Factors influencing enrollment of students in agriculture courses: Implications to agriculture education program in Maejo University, Thailand
Dissertation Abstract:
This study examined the enrollment trend in agriculture courses, and assessed the factors influencing enrollment of students in agriculture courses and its implications to agriculture education program at Maejo University, Thailand. There were 670 first year students interviewed from the three campuses of Maejo University.
The factors were classified into internal or external to the individuals. Among the internal factors under the category of socioeconomic characteristics, only the occupation of father (i.e., farming) was found to have influence on the agriculture students’ enrollment decision. Moreover, four (of five) variables related to high school program were significant, except experience in agriculture. Among the external factors, only cost of education and other persons have significant influence on their enrollment decision. These significant variables have marginal effects on the profitability of enrollment in agriculture courses ranging from a low 1 percent to a very high 80 percent. These values were determined using Probit analysis. Enrollment in agriculture courses as well as in non-agriculture courses in Maejo University showed an increasing trend from 2001 to 2010. However, enrollment in agriculture lagged behind in terms of yearly increase and actual number.
To increase enrollment in agriculture, students from both agriculture and non-agriculture courses provided suggestions that were focused on making agriculture a profitable business. More facilities for effective teaching and learning were also suggested.
