FACTORS AFFECTING THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIZATION

Abstract

To ascertain the factors influencing Thai Nguyen University International students' choice of environment major, the research group chose 21 variables to investigate and classified them into four primary research groups: "Faculty Fixed Characteristics", "Faculty Communication Effort", "Students' Self-Characteristics", and "Influential Individuals". Cronbach's Alpha, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and multivariate linear regression were used in this study. The participants included 134 students majoring in Environment. The results show that 81.5% of students' decision to choose an environmental major is influenced by the above four groups of factors. In which, the decision to choose the environment major of international students increased to 0.419 units when the fixed characteristics of the Faculty increased to 1 unit; increased by 0.306 units when Faculty's communication effort increased by 1 unit; increased to 0.126 units when the student's personal characteristics increased by 1 unit and increased by 0.337 units when the individual of influence increased to 1 unit. As a result, in order to increase the number of students enrolled in the environment major, the School must enhance its work in the following areas: strictly handle the factors that make up the International School's fixed features, reinforce efforts to propagate and facilitate, develop a team of professional admission advisors, and cultivate a friendly relationship between the International School and associated areas.