Abstract:

The diversity less among the Alternative Energy Resources Technology Programs (AERTPs) in Turkey makes giving the “proper” decision by high school senior students hard. Literature review exhibits that there exists a larger than expected necessity for a ranking system of the two-year programs in vocational schools in Turkey so as identifying two-year programs compared to others. In this strategic decision context, it is especially important for the students to make a suitable decision associated with their higher education. Therefore, this study focuses on developing a specific ranking system of two-year energy programs in Turkey. In order to classify the programs, most important decision criteria should be required. In this aspect, a survey is applied on a hundred high school senior students to recognize which multi-criteria for selection an energy program they pick. Thus, the survey makes this study is more applicable to build a foundation for a field based ranking system in Turkey. In this regard, a framework for ranking of AERTPs during the academic year of 2019 in Turkey is accomplished using three methods of Multi-Criteria Decision Making Analysis including Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique (SMART) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS).

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