The role private universities play in achieving academic, research, political, and economic sustainability in light of national strategy “Jordan's vision 2025” from the perspective of academicians

Abstract

• The study aims to identify the role that private universities play in achieving sustainability with its foremost dimensions: academic, research political, and economic from the perspective of teaching staff members. It also aims to detect differences in responses pertaining study different variables. The study adopted the analytical descriptive approach. A questionnaire was designed for this purpose and was electronically distributed via social media (WhatsApp, Telegram, and Facebook). The sample comprised (608) teaching staff members. Findings of the study revealed that staff members’ responses regarding the role of private universities in achieving academic sustainability was “high”, “Medium” for both research and political, while “low” for the economic counterpart. The results also revealed that there were no statistically significant differences pertaining study domains with regard to demographic variables (gender, college, job title, and years of experience in the university). The study aims to identify the role that private universities play in achieving sustainability with its foremost dimensions: academic, research political, and economic from the perspective of teaching staff members. It also aims to detect differences in responses pertaining study different variables. The study adopted the analytical descriptive approach. A questionnaire was designed for this purpose and was electronically distributed via social media (WhatsApp, Telegram, and Facebook). The sample comprised (608) teaching staff members. Findings of the study revealed that staff members’ responses regarding the role of private universities in achieving academic sustainability was “high”, “Medium” for both research and political, while “low” for the economic counterpart. The results also revealed that there were no statistically significant differences pertaining study domains with regard to demographic variables (gender, college, job title, and years of experience in the university).