A Descriptive Study on the Factors Affecting Program Selection of Selected Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
Background of the Study It is well acknowledge that education environment is an important element in determining students’ ability to reach their fullest quality (Bealing Jr. et al., 2006).
Education is a medium of shaping students’ ability and behavior. It is a process wherein one can achieve social competence. And also, it is through education that different knowledge can be transported and disseminated to everyone.
Educational institutions also play an important tool in developing the students as they mold their mind and intellect. One of the famous and competitive educational institutions in the Philippines is the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP). It is a public, non – sectarian and non – profit institution of higher learning which aids to strengthen the students’ potentials.
In today’s environment, students select programs based on the quality of placement they are likely to get after the completion of their studies. In the case of the students of Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), the students aspire to join those programs which ensure for a gainful employment. There are programs which are dominating from the other programs. It is due to the fact that some programs doesn’t promise good placement for the students.
Students formulate decisions throughout their college career, and decision-making is an important building block in the learning process. F. Yates, Veinott, & Patalano (2003), defined decision as “a commitment to a course of action that is intended to produce a satisfying state of affairs.”
Decision – making is essential because it makes things possible to take up the most excellent course of accomplishment in carrying out a given assignment. When there are different ways of performing a task, it becomes necessary to discover the greatest way and that is what decision-making is all about. The course of action finally selected would produce the best outcome.
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
Background of the Study It is well acknowledge that education environment is an important element in determining students’ ability to reach their fullest quality (Bealing Jr. et al., 2006).
Education is a medium of shaping students’ ability and behavior. It is a process wherein one can achieve social competence. And also, it is through education that different knowledge can be transported and disseminated to everyone.
Educational institutions also play an important tool in developing the students as they mold their mind and intellect. One of the famous and competitive educational institutions in the Philippines is the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP). It is a public, non – sectarian and non – profit institution of higher learning which aids to strengthen the students’ potentials.
In today’s environment, students select programs based on the quality of placement they are likely to get after the completion of their studies. In the case of the students of Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), the students aspire to join those programs which ensure for a gainful employment. There are programs which are dominating from the other programs. It is due to the fact that some programs doesn’t promise good placement for the students.
Students formulate decisions throughout their college career, and decision-making is an important building block in the learning process. F. Yates, Veinott, & Patalano (2003), defined decision as “a commitment to a course of action that is intended to produce a satisfying state of affairs.”
Decision – making is essential because it makes things possible to take up the most excellent course of accomplishment in carrying out a given assignment. When there are different ways of performing a task, it becomes necessary to discover the greatest way and that is what decision-making is all about. The course of action finally selected would produce the best outcome.