محددات الوضع الصحي في الأردن

Abstract EN

This study aims at clarifying undergraduate students’ cost at the Yarmouk and Jordan Universities for the period 1993-1998.

It is also trying to investigate the undergraduate students’ cost at the Yarmouk and the Jordan universities, the effect of the parallel program on university revenues as well as on students’ cost and on other university activities.

It also compares different teaching cost elements between Yarmouk and Jordan universities.

Jordanian state universities composed the study population, Yarmouk and Jordan universities were selected as a sample of the study.

The study revealed the following results: there is a difference in student cost among the same faculty from one year to another as well as between the same faculties in both universities: this difference can be attributed to the difference in students’ numbers, teaching materials and the different equipment's and materials used by students in different faculties.

The study concluded that student average cost at Jordan University was JD 2663, while JD 1967 at Yarmouk University; the difference is found due to introducing the parallel program at Yarmouk University, and also Yarmouk University has less scientific faculties as compaed to Jordan University.

Both universities suffer from over loaded administrative staff.

The ratio of students to instructors at humanities and art faculties was very high, but acceptable at scientific ones.

The study recommends that University fees are to be reconsidered in order to reflect the real students’ educational cost, controlling expenditures, especially current ones are essential, expanding parallel program specialties and enrollment.