The purpose of this study is to investigate and describe factors of job satisfaction of faculty members in colleges of technology in Saudi Arabia, with the ultimate goal of suggesting some remedies and ideas that may contribute to the enhancement of faculty performance. For the …
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This study examines the establishment of private universities in Saudi Arabia, through exploring public university faculty members' perceptions. Ten faculty members at Saudi Arabia's leading university were interviewed for their perceptions about a variety of issues regarding th…
The government of Saudi Arabia has great interest in preparing its citizens to fulfill the requirements of the Kingdom's ambitious development plans by expanding its educational initiatives. In order to do this, a plan has been implemented to examine technical education and the …
The purpose of this study was to describe the adoption and use of Internet technologies by faculty members in Saudi Arabian universities. The study attempted to: (1) determine the pattern of Internet use by faculty members in Saudi Arabian universities, (2) answer specific quest…
A mix of qualitative and quantitative research methods are used to describe the current state of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) departments of four government-funded universities in Saudi Arabia. Responses to a questionnaire…
The purpose of this study was to investigate both faculty and administrator attitudes toward online courses and the variables which correlated with their attitudes to determine how this affects faculty and administrator support for implementation of online courses in their insti…
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between individual factors, reinforcement factor, departmental factors, and institutional factors, to the research and publication productivity levels of LIS faculty members in Saudi Arabian universities. Personal intervi…
The theoretical framework for this study was based on Rogers' model for the diffusion of an innovation. The aim of the study was to determine Rogers' attributes of the Internet as perceived by Saudi faculty members for academic purposes and how their perception can be used to pr…
Today, institutions of higher education in Saudi Arabia are faced with the problems of overcrowded enrollment and lack of sufficient facilities to provide appropriate educational services to the country's qualified students. Many students do not have access to higher education b…
The purpose of this study is to compare the attitudes of faculty members and elementary social studies teachers toward the elementary social studies preparation program at United Arab Emirates University in the United Arab Emirates. Seventy faculty members and seventy elementary…
This study explores the research productivity of Addis Ababa University (AAU) faculty. AAU was established in 1950 and is the oldest modern higher educational institution in Ethiopia. Recently AAU took steps to transform itself to become a pre-eminent African research university…
Kazakhstan's higher education system is based on the Soviet governance structure, limited academic freedom and no autonomy from the state. In such a system faculties are contract employees delivering predesigned courses with no incentive to bring new ideas and methods. But emplo…
In this digital era, online education has become an important tool for traditional and non-traditional students. Every day, students face obstacles to continue their education. Work and family responsibilities, distance from campus, disabilities, finances or other personal issue…
This quantitative study explored the Royal Commission of Jubail Colleges and Institute (RCJCI) faculty online teaching self-efficacy. Today, online teaching is a requirement to overcome educational barriers related to time and place. The RCJCI is planning to integrate technology…
The purpose of this study was to document the experiences of African-born women faculty and administrators at colleges and universities in the United States. The study explored the factors that motivated African-born women to immigrate to and extend their stay in the United Stat…
This study aims to investigate the perceptions of the faculty and senior students at Al Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University in Saudi Arabia on the importance of selected behaviors related to effective teaching and to examine if there are differences between the faculty and…
There is no question that technology skills will be essential in ever-increasing portions of the labor market of the twenty-first century. Consequently, colleges and universities would be doing a major disservice to their students if they failed to provide appropriate opportunit…
Correcting the nursing shortage will require nursing students capable of utilizing clinical decision-making (CDM) skills to pass the National Council Licensure Examination–Registered Nurse exam, enter into professional nursing practice, and demonstrate competence in an increasin…
This study examines the progressive leadership of President J. A. C. Chandler in hiring the first women faculty at the College of William and Mary and explains the relationship between his presidency and his twenty-year career in education prior to 1919. During the early heyday …