Research Abstract  No. 77 
               The Opinions and Attitudes of Engineering Undergrduate Students 
                                                     Dr. Manat Boonprakob 
                                      Assistant Professor Dr. Chantana Parkbongkoch 


       The purposes of this study were (1) to survey the opinions of undergraduate students on their ways of life on
campus : activity time schedules, welcoming ceremony and cheerleading meetings, attitudes toward academic staff and
university, future expectation and (2) to compare their opinions on dormitory conditions and dormitory life, welcoming
ceremony and cheerleading meetings, attitudes toward academic staff and university and 
future expectation according to sex, year level, major and hometown. 
            Purposive random sampling was conducted at the Faculty of Engineering. Srinakharinwirot University. The
sample consisted of three hundred engineering students from foru year levels :  one hundred each from the first and
second years and fifty each from the third and fourth years. Data were collected through the use of questionnaires and
interviews. SPSS/PC programs were used for statistical analysis: percent, means, standard deviation, one way analysis of
variance, t-test and F-test. 
                The findings were as follows: 
                1.  Concerning ways of life on campus, there were a variety of activities for students, the activities could be
classified as personal, independent from group, and those done at leisure time. 
                Dormitory conditions were rated high while dormitory service and envionment were rated as moderate. 
                2.  Both at macro and micro levels, students were positive about welcoming ceremony and cheerleading
meeting activities for freshmen. They felt that these activities should enhance unity among students. Welcoming
ceremony activities caused positive and warm feelings among freshmen. 
                3.  For attitudes toward academic staff, the ratings were moderate to high. The attitude toward the university
was moderate. 
                4.  At macro level, future expectation was high. Pride of profession was highest. 
Expectation for bus service on campus was high. 
                5.  Comparing students' opinions on their ways of life and dormitory conditions and life according to their sex,
year level, major and hometown, it was found that sex made no significant difference at all while year level was
significant at .001  level. Comparing majors, their opinions differed significantly toward dormitory conditions and life at
.001 level and toward academic staff at .05 level. Concerning hometown, only future expectation was significant at .05
level. 

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