Analysis of Factors Influencing the Decision of Students and Alumni in Choosing Akademi Komunitas Negeri Sidoarjo

Sekar Ayu Wulandari

2018

Abstract

Education is increasingly growing along with the development of information technology, especially in higher education. These have an impact on the increasing number of universities in Indonesia. One form of higher education in Indonesia is Akademi Komunitas Negeri Sidoarjo. The conditions of competition between universities encourage Akademi Komunitas Negeri Sidoarjo to be able to maintain and get new students every year. The decision of students in determining their choice is crucial for the sustainability of Akademi Komunitas Negeri Sidoarjo. What factors they consider in their decisions are information that must be known by Akademi Komunitas Negeri Sidoarjo to survive or even win the competition in the education services industry. Information about these factors will help Akademi Komunitas Negeri Sidoarjo in determining the policies that will be taken later for increasing the competitiveness and the number of students of Akademi Komunitas Negeri Sidoarjo for the upcoming years. This research is quantitative research where the questionnaire used as main instruments for collecting data. Respondents chosen in this research are students and alumni of Akademi Komunitas Negeri Sidoarjo. As many as 100 questionnaires are handed out to respondents. Data will be processed using exploratory factor analysis. Based on the result, eight factors influence students and alumni decision on choosing Akademi Komunitas Negeri Sidoarjo. Those eight factors are the reduction result from factor analytic process. They are quality of education and human resources, promotion and reference, study program, personal factors and alumni success, time and a scholarship offer, location, university status and job prospects, and cost factor.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wulandari S. (2018). Analysis of Factors Influencing the Decision of Students and Alumni in Choosing Akademi Komunitas Negeri Sidoarjo.In Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science - Volume 1: UNICEES, ISBN 978-989-758-432-9, pages 782-788. DOI: 10.5220/0009505807820788

in Bibtex Style

@conference{unicees18,
author={Sekar Ayu Wulandari},
title={Analysis of Factors Influencing the Decision of Students and Alumni in Choosing Akademi Komunitas Negeri Sidoarjo},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science - Volume 1: UNICEES,},
year={2018},
pages={782-788},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009505807820788},
isbn={978-989-758-432-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science - Volume 1: UNICEES,
TI - Analysis of Factors Influencing the Decision of Students and Alumni in Choosing Akademi Komunitas Negeri Sidoarjo
SN - 978-989-758-432-9
AU - Wulandari S.
PY - 2018
SP - 782
EP - 788
DO - 10.5220/0009505807820788