This research Reducing Attrition Rate of RMUTP First-year Undergraduate Students Using the Pre-university Program was done to find out the relationship between the pre-university program and RMUTP attrition rate. In addition to the first objective this study aims to find the satisfaction of students toward the learning program. Using a mixed methodology qualitative and quantitative data were collected from students and subjects related to RMUTP pre-university program. In order to describe the research question those data were analyzed together. The results were as follows: 1. Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon has offered pre-university program for 3 years. This year there are 13 departments within 5 faculty offered the program. 2. A statistical analysis showed that 71.24 percent of the sample group was highly satisfied with the pre-university program. Twenty-seven percent was moderately satisfied with the pre-university program. Only 1.29 percent was less satisfied with the pre-university program. 3. The pre-university program is necessary and can influence students’ grade points. The sample group also suggested teaching subjects to be matched with the subject study in Semester 1. 4. During the past 4 year drop-out is still at the same number to all faculties regardless of the pre-university program. Therefore the cause of high drop-out number might come from other factors that cannot be cured by the pre-university program.

Online learning has been growing rapidly in recent years providing increased opportunities for tertiary institutes to reach out to learners who previously may have had limited access to a traditional university. Although students frequently use information technologies in their daily life online learning requires considerably more competencies than basic computer skills. Many students are unsuccessful in their learning without face-to-face contact and collaboration with lecturers and peers. They can feel isolated and doubt their ability to succeed in the online course. To increase online learner success support is needed especially to improve learner self-efficacy. Very few studies have focused on student self-efficacy in an online learning environment and especially those conducted in an authentic setting. Learner control is thought to facilitate students in online learning but the relationship between learner control and learner self-efficacy is still unclear. Therefore this study intends to examine this relationship using an embedded-correlational mixed method design to answer the research question what is the relationship between learner control and online learning self-efficacy? The quantitative approach was used to find the correlations among learner control online learning self-efficacy and related variables such as age gender prior online experience and computer skills. An online Learning Self-efficacy Scale (OLSES) was constructed and validated with an internal consistency of 0.895. Open-ended questions were added to the questionnaire to gain a greater level of insight of online learning experience in relation to self-efficacy and learner control. Seventy-five students in a four year teaching online programme at a New Zealand tertiary institute participated in the online survey. Data analyses revealed that the relationship between learner control and online learning self-efficacy was confirmed r = .526 p < .01. Age and gender had no effect on the relationship while prior online experience computer skills for social and academic purposes did. The multiple linear regression showed that learner control and computer skills for academic purpose are good predictors of online learning self-efficacy. Analyses of the qualitative data not only confirmed the quantitative findings but also provided insight into the nature of self-efficacy and importance of feedback in the online setting. As a result of this study the embedded framework for successful line learners (SUCCESS) was developed and is recommended as a set of guidelines for online learning developers.

Tracking Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon Graduates: Focusing on Bachelor of Technology is done in order to meet 2 objectives; following Bachelor of Technology graduates after graduation and studying satisfaction of work market to those Bachelor of Technology graduates. Sampling group composes of Bachelor of Technology graduates who graduated from Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon in 2006 and workplace that hires Bachelor of Technology graduates. Using survey research method questionnaires are distributed among those groups. Data were collected and analyzed using statistic program to find frequency percentage standard deviation and mean.