Original Source

The study sought to find out possible reasons for the choice of institutional type between traditional universities (TUs) and universities of technology (UTs). The findings showed that the majority of students attending UTs already had a clearer idea about the careers they wished to follow; the choice of the institution had been made by the students themselves; students attending UTs reported performance at high school to have been a decisive factor in determining their institutional type destination.

Source: Institutional type preferences of South African higher education students. Kongolo, M; Imenda, S N. Research in Higher Education Journal, 1 (Mar 2012): 1-18.

Paper (excerpt)

Research was done to find out why students choose certain universities. The research showed that the majority of students attending UTs already had a clearer idea about the careers they wished to follow; the choice of the institution had been made by the students themselves; students attending UTs reported performance at high school to have been a decisive factor in determining their institutional type destination (Kongolo and Imenda 2012: 1).

List of references

Kongolo, M. and Imenda, S.N. 2012. Institutional type preferences of South African higher education students. Research in higher education journal, 15(1): 1-18.