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    Factors that have an Impact on University/Major Entry Decision-making Satisfaction of High School Students in Lebanon
    (2016) Hariz, Farah Suhail
    The main purpose of this study was to examine the factors that affect the decision-making processes of high school students with regards to choosing their major and university and make them satisfied with their choices. The instrument used in this study is a survey questionnaire composed of 23 questions developed by the researcher based on related literature. The students to which the questionnaires were distributed were selected from both public and private universities all over Lebanon. The sample size was around 400 responses. Descriptive Statistics were conducted followed by Reliability Test, Factor Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis with Step-wise method, Independent samples T-Test, and One-Way ANOVA. Empirical evidence from this study showed that a number of independent variables have a statistically significant relationships with the satisfaction with the choice of major and a number of independent variables had statistically significant relationships with the satisfaction with the choice of university. The study recommends better information provision by schools, universities, families, the communities at large (i.e. the Education Ministry, NGOs) Schools should play an important role in involving and introducing students and their parents to various university cultures through open doors, workshops, orientation sessions, and campus visits. Moreover, the study recommends that parents should provide their children the needed information regarding finding solutions to their financial problems, and should be oriented to know how important it is to be emotionally supportive to their children. Furthermore, students should be guided by their schools and parents about their future career options, aware of and informed about the career development related to each major, and should be guided not to choose their majors based on salary expectations, but to do majors that they love. Finally, it is very important for universities to guide students by providing needed information about registration, majors, accreditation status, faculty, admissions, financial aid and scholarships through their websites and social media.