الصعوبات التي تواجه الأكاديميين في الجامعات الفلسطينية في محافظة الخليل وسبل التغلب عليها

الملخص EN

The study aimed to identify the difficulties facing academics in Palestinian universities and ways to overcome them from the viewpoint of academics themselves, according to variables: (gender, educational qualification, academic rank, years of service, age, type of university).

The study followed the descriptive analytical method.

The sample of the study consisted of (80) faculty members working in four Universities in Hebron.

A questionnaire consisting of two fields and (26) items was used.

The results of the study indicated that the difficulties facing academics in Palestinian universities in Hebron are generally high, and administrative and financial difficulties came in the foreground, followed by academic difficulties.

The results of the absence of statistically significant differences showed the difficulties facing academics in Palestinian universities in Hebron attributable to the variables: (gender, and years of service), while the differences showed the difficulties facing academics in Palestinian universities in Hebron attributable to the qualification variable Scientific and in favor of masters, and the presence of differences according to academic rank and in favor of an associate professor and professor doctor, and the presence of differences according to age and in favor of those who were their age (from 50 years or more), as well as the presence of differences by type of university and in favor of public universities.

The results indicated a number of suggested ways to overcome these difficulties, such as applying justice and equality in dealing with academics, and providing full academic freedom to faculty members.

The study came out with a number of recommendations, including: (limiting bureaucracy and routine in implementing administrative decisions, adopting the system of external scholarships and sabbatical, flexibility and humility in dealing with faculty members, analyzing the reality of academic work and the difficulties it suffers from).