Counseling Needs and Academic Ambition of University Students to those who are Living in the Dormitory and those who are not

Abstract

The study aims at knowing the level of the counseling needs and the academic ambition in general according to the living variable (house, dormitory) of Kirkuk University students. To achieve the aims, two criteria are prepared. The first one is for the counseling needs while the other is for the level of ambition adopted by the two researchers. After taking the output of honesty, stability, and the distinct ability of the criterion, it is applied on the sample of the main study which is chosen in a random formula from Kirkuk University colleges, the scientific and humanity ones. Its number is 300 male and female students who are classified on (8) colleges, four of them are for each scholastic specialization (scientific and humanity). After using the statistic means (the relative weight, the T value of one sample and for two independent samples, and Person's correlation coefficient), the study reaches the following important conclusions:
 
 In general, Kirkuk University students have needs in the study field more than their needs in other fields according to their responses on the counseling needs criterion, then the psychological dimension.
 Kirkuk University students who are living in the dormitory are in need to things more than those who are living at home in the study and psychological dimensions.
 In general, Kirkuk University students have a good academic ambition level.
 Kirkuk University students who are living in the dormitory are more ambitious than those who are living at home.
 
 According to the conclusions above, the researchers recommend a number of recommendations and do some future studies.