Post-secondary intention

Hey guys, I just thought about looking at the relations between the household income and one’s post-secondary intention in terms of one’s pursuit of programs rather than faculties. This means looking at what Certificate, Diploma or Degree one is considering/pursuing by attending post-secondary educations: university certificate, diploma, medical degree, law degree, master’s degree, and etc. I think this way we could pursue both generality and parsimony.

Q) what programs are you enrolled in? Q) what programs are you pursuing? Q) If they had received a government loan, would they have attended a different type of institution (or different program)? Yes/ No Q) If they had received a financial support from their parents or guardians, would they have attended a different type of institution (or different program)? Yes/ No

Hi JinYoung. Thanks for your suggestion. I agree that Subject Choice would be a more parsimonious Dependent Variable as opposed to Faculty Choice - we cannot account for the fact that different universities have different Faculty programs/quality of teaching etc. whereas specific Degrees are more standardized because the scope of study is more focused towards a particular profession. From your last two proposed questions, I gather we can formulate a question with regards to studying the relationship between Financial Stability and the Pursuit of Post-graduate Degrees.

Hey Jin and Joe,

I agree with Joe that it makes more sense to keep the Subject choice as the dependent variable. Other questions we may go on to ask with regards to Financial Stability and pursuing graduate studies are: 1)Do you work part time? 2)Would you be interested if your program gave you the ability to take less classes so you may work more hours to pay your student fees? 3)Has the fear of carrying a financial burden ever caused you to change your acedemic goals?