The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence international students in their selection of university-related intensive English programs in the southeastern United States and to rate the relative perceived importance of each factor. The study also contained an investigation of the relationships among perceived influence of categories of factors, the culture of the student, and demographic variables. Moreover, it examined the importance of two specific types of factors: student service factors and institutional policy factors. / The Intensive English Program Questionnaire was administered to 314 students enrolled in nine university-affiliated intensive English programs in the southeastern United States. Means were computed for each influencing factor, yielding a rank order of factors by perceived influence. Factors were categorized, and category means were computed. Category means were analyzed in one-way and three-way analyses of variance to examine variation by culture and demographic variables. Means were computed to rate the importance of student service variables. Differences in the perceived importance of institutional policy factor means were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance. / The results showed that the perceived importance of influencing factors could be ranked in order from most to least important. Moreover, the results demonstrated that categories of factors influencing program choice varied by culture, as determined by native language of the students. Categories that varied significantly between groups were academic aspects, influence of others, and university services. Broader cultural groupings showed no significant differences. The study also showed that student services offered by the university are more influential in program choice than are services offered by the intensive English program. Finally, the study demonstrated the importance of a policy whereby academically admissible students are guaranteed admission to the university upon successful completion of the advanced level of the intensive English program. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 55-03, Section: A, page: 0493. / Major Professor: Frederick L. Jenks. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1994.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77121 |
| Contributors | Williams, Terry Neal., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 168 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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