A comparative analysis for the criteria of higher education selection

Authors : Emine Akkaş, Mustafa Batuhan Ayhan

Pages : 38-50

Doi:10.17275/per.18.11.5.2

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Publication Date : 2018-12-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :Profession selection is one of the most important decisions for human  beings. Since the professions can generally be achieved via higher education, determining the most proper higher education becomes an  important decision problem. In order to select the best higher education  program, there are various criteria to be considered. Hence the main  purpose of this study is to provide an analytical analysis of thirty three  criteria under the heading of three main criteria for higher education  selection. Then a case study was performed to find the relative weights  and ranking of these main and sub criteria at a high school for different  grade students. Depending on the comparison of weights and rankings of  different grade students, it was inferred that according to their age and  different grades, the students’ preferences change during their  adolescence period regarding the higher education selection. This study  can be enhanced by applying multi criteria decision making techniques  such as, Analytical Hierarchy Process, to calculate the weights of the  main and sub criteria more analytically in the further steps.
Keywords : Decision Making, higher education selection, criteria