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The Motivation in Applying to the Public Graduate School: A Case of Mahasarakham University
The Motivation in Applying to the Public Graduate School: A Case of Mahasarakham University

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Suchat Bangwiset, Phrapariyat saravethee, Kraivan Jinadattiyo, Natthawut Sabphaso, Suphachai Suphakicco, Witoon Thacha

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The objectives of this research were to study and compare the motivations of graduate degree applicants at Mahasarakham University Center and Udon Thani Center – as a classified variable in the academic year 2014 in 4 aspects: 1) Educational Management, 2) Social Needs, 3) Occupations, and 4) Knowledge Learning.  The purposive sample consisted of 424 applicants who gave opinions to a 30 item rating-scale questionnaire (reliability = 0.93) for analyzing means, standard deviation and t-test.  The results found that the applicants both at Mahasarakham Center and at Udon Thani Center had high motivation score on Educational Management, Social Need, Occupation and Knowledge Learning.  It was found that motivations to applying to the Graduate School as a whole and in each of the 3 aspects were not different except Educational Management was different at the .05 level statistical significance. The applicants at Mahasarakham University Center had higher motivation in Educational Management than those at Udon Thani Center.  The suggestions from the applicants on the open-ended questionnaire were: 1) The university should have many more doctoral instructors or associate professors to advise and look after students. 2) The educational center of the university may facilitate the instruction and learning by using library and new instructional materials. 3) The university should have a variety of fields of study and centers for responding to local needs.

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