The quality of life of students in a business administration program at a community college

The quality of life of students in post-secondary education evaluates the students' perception of satisfaction they are experiencing. This study used the quality of life questionnaire developed by Roberts and Clifton which measures the quality of student life in the affective domain. The population sampled was first and second year students in a Business Administration program at a community college. The response rate from the 485 students registered was 71 percent. Four dimensions were examined: positive and negative affective dimension, interaction with student dimension and interaction with instructor dimension. The positive dimension revealed general satisfaction with college life. The negative dimension indicated that although the students were not depressed they expressed some anxiety. There was general satisfaction in the interaction with students dimension but one-third of the respondents felt people did not think a lot of them. Students indicated that instructors need to take more personal interest in the students and their work. Analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis revealed that age was an influencing factor in several dimensions. Other independent factors found to influence the quality of life were: year in program, gender, and culture. It was determined that GPA was influenced by instructor and age of student.