دور مؤسسات التعليم العالي في تنويع مصادر تمويلها بسلطنة عمان : دراسة تحليلية

Abstract EN

This study aims to identify the role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Sultanate of Oman in diversifying their funding sources and the state of policies and legislation regulating such a role.

Moreover, this study highlights the extent of the difference between governmental and private HEIs in practicing their role in diversifying their funding sources.

The study adopted a descriptive approach using the cross-sectional survey methodology.

A questionnaire was designed to collect data from a random sample of (400) individuals who are heads of academic and financial departments within their institutions, including (208) from government and (192) from private ones.

The results indicated that there are clear goals to diversify HEIs self-financing sources, but they are not activated.

In addition, institutions with poor performance are not held accountable.

Furthermore, there is a lack of incentives for individuals who contribute to attracting more income for their HEIs.

Moreover, the endowment is not considered as effective support of HEIs.

The study showed that there are statistically significant differences (p.

< 0.05) with regard to corporate governance in favor of private HEIs.

The study conclusions have led to a set of recommendations including, the need to increase community partnership, and developing policies and legislation for government funded higher education institutions to develop their own resources.