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Choosing a college major is an important decision for senior
-high students. It won''''t only effect the college life, but also
their career development.It may as well infuence the progress of
the society.Thus,this is designed to examine the decision-making
process and come up some suggestions.
The college choice process, which is "Three-Phase Process" by
Hossler and Gallagher, includes①the Predisposition Phase; ②the
Search Phase; ③the Choice Phase.This research examined the pro-
cess of the students from 6 senior-high schools and the freemen
of 3 colleges in Kaohsiung. 1037 students completed the survey
and 8 were interviewed.
The results are ① the Predisposition Phase happened before
they entered senior-high school, the Search Phase during the
years in senior-high school, and the Choice Phase was after
graduation;②the school guidance center was the main information
resource, but there were not many students having asked the gui-
dance teachers for help; ③ the significant others were the main
information providers;④ the factors that infuenced the decision
were personal interest and ability; ⑤most of senior-high school
had the intention , but they were still not sure which one to go
to; ⑥ there were some differences among the students with
different backgroung variables in their college choosing process.
According to the results and discussion of this research,
there are suggestions for helping senior-high school students
choose their college major and for the researches that may be
held in the future.
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