Factors influencing students with and without an agricultural background to choose a major in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University /
a major in agriculture, and to examine relationships between
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | a major in agriculture, and to examine relationships between activity. Students without agricultural experience only after graduation, campus environment, academic major, and agriculture. Freshmen enrollees in COALS responded to a Although the two groups rated most factors differently, they college were significantly more influenced to attend TAMU by did rank some factors the same. The factors opportunities enrollment at TAMU and in COALS. Results of the questionnaire experience prior to college were distance from home, honors experience, brother/sister, county extension agent, current freshmen enrollees in the College of Agriculture and Life from COALS representative, and visit to TAMU for some groups. The factors rated significantly higher by students included ag/life science work experience, visit to TAMU for instructor, parent, other relative, past TAMU student, major in COALS at TAMU included ag/life science work personal and situational characteristics of students and personal letter from COALS, TAMU video/media coverage, visit program, housing opportunities, and perception of community. questionnaire which attempted to identify personal and ranked similarly although they had different means. These rated high school science instructor significantly higher rated significantly higher by those without agricultural revealed that students with agricultural experience prior to scholarships offered, and specific academic major than were science instructor, high school counselor, other high school Sciences (COALS) at Texas A&M University (TAMU), determine if situational characteristics of the students and reasons for some activity, parent, TAMU literature, and past TAMU student. students without prior agricultural experience. The factors TAMU student, 4-H leader, friend, high school agricultural than students with agricultural experience as influencing the factors campus traditions, parent's preference, The objectives of this study were to develop a profile of their reasons for attending TAMU and choosing to major in them to enroll in COALS at TAMU. Again, some factors were there were differences in reasons for students with and variety of courses were ranked among the top four by both with agricultural experience as influencing them to choose a without agricultural backgrounds to attend TAMU and to choose |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Agricultural Education". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 77 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |