The Study of the desire for opening Bachelor of Technology Program in Hotel and Hospitality (Continuing Program), Suphanburi Vocational College

Abstract

The  research  objective  was  to  study  the desire  for  opening  Bachelor  of  Technology Program  in  Hotel  and  Hospitality  (Continuing Program)  at  Suphanburi  Vocational  College. This  research  was  quantitative  and qualitative  research.  The  research instruments  used  questionnaires  and structured  interview  forms.  The  research samples  were  70  students  of  Diploma  level 2  in  Hotel  department.  The  data  were analyzed  using  frequency, percentage, mean  and  standard  deviation.  There  were  10  main  interviewees, 4  government  representatives, 3 workplace  representatives  and  3  community  representatives.

The  results  indicated  that  the respondents  were  interested  in  the  Bachelor of  Technology  Program  in  Hotel  and Hospitality  (Continuing  Program)  at Suphanburi  Vocational  College  at  a  high  level  (  =  3.97, S.D.  =  0.95).  The  overall  factors  affecting  decision-making  to  study Bachelor’s  degree, the  average  was  very  high  (  =  4.00, S.D.  =  1.02).  Considering  in  each  aspect, it  was  found  that  the  first  was  the occupation  that  had  a  high  level  of  average  (  =  4.20, S.D.  =  0.92).  Followed  by  the curriculum  with  a  high  level  of  average  (  =  4.02, S.D.  =  0.98), the  image  of  the  college with  a  high  level  of  average  (  =  3.94, S.D.   =  1.04)  and  the  personal  reasons  with  a high  level  of  average  (  =  3.83, S.D.  =  1.13).  The  results  of  the  interview  with  the  related  parties  founded  that  agreeing  to  the  course  opening, but  there  should  be  more discussions  to  find  the  ways  to  developing courses  and  find  solutions  regarding restrictions  on  personals, places, and  workplaces.