THE COMPATIBILITY STUDENT CHOICE OF UNIVERSITY MAJORING: A PRELIMINARY STUDIES
Abstract: The continuous
improvements in order to optimize the basic education to higher education are
still running. Based on that purpose, there are many factors to supporting the
students' learning activities success; one of the factors is suitability withmajors
in university. The purpose of this study is to reveal the condition of the compatibility
of student majoring with their interest, then to describe the information when
the student choose their majoring. Sample in this study was 122 peoples, taken
by random sampling from the Padang State University. Data obtained by
distributing questionnaires. The results showed that there are students that
their major do not match with their interest (22.13%), only 3.28% of students
who feel compatible with their major. This result should be a major concern,
particularly for counselor in school for design counseling services to solve
these problems. The result of this study used as a grand tour or a preliminary
study for further research.
Penulis: Daharnis
Kode Jurnal: jpbkdd160531
