The 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

Horizon Research Publishing, USA

Publisher

Universal Journal of Educational Research

Publisher Country

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Indexing

Scopus

Impact Factor

None

Publication Type

Both (Printed and Online)

Volume

8

Year

2020

Pages

22