he higher education institutions in
Palestine depend deeply on the rate of students' enrolment.
The budget of these institutions depends on the rate of
students' enrolment for this reason the institutions always
trying to encourage students to enroll in their programs.
Therefore, the purpose of the current study is to
investigate first year students’ perceptions concerning
their readiness to succeed and persist in their university
study. Mixed qualitative and quantitative approach was
used to achieve the purpose of the study. The participants
of the study were 776 students from a large university
located in the northern of Palestine. Statistical analysis by
using the SPSS package was used for analysing
quantitative data from the survey. For qualitative data
analysis, thematic analysis was used for analysing
students' responses on the open-ended questions. The
findings of the study revealed that student's friends have a
positive influence on students' enrolment at the university.
On the other hand, gender and family encouragement did
not have any impact on student's pursuing higher
education. The study suggested to implement orientation
sessions in high schools to provide students more
information about the university life from different
aspects such as academic, social, and involvement in the
activities on campus. The decision-makers in the higher
education institutions in Palestine design workshops and
programs to encourage students to register at universities
 

Title

Universal Journal of Educational Research

Publisher

Horzion

Publisher Country

United States of America

Indexing

Scopus

Impact Factor

0.2

Publication Type

Both (Printed and Online)

Volume

8

Year

2020

Pages

6908-6918