Suggested alternatives for Self-Financing of public Universities in Saudi Arabia in light of international universities Experiences

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the proposed alternatives to self-financing for Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University under the new university regulations, using the descriptive survey method, applying a questionnaire to a stratified random sample of 197 members (39 academic leaders, 158 faculty members) in King Saud University, King Faisal University and Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University, and it found that the study sample is compatible with the proposed alternatives to self-financing at the university M=4.13, also, found a strong compatibility with the requirements for activating self-financing at the university M=4.38, and found statistically significant differences between administrative leaders and faculty members at the level of significance (α ≤0.01) in the proposed alternatives to self-financing for the benefit of faculty members, while there are no differences between them in the requirements for activating self-financing, and statistically significant differences were found between theoretical and practical faculties at the level of significance (α ≤0.001) in the proposed alternatives to self-financing and the requirements to activate them for the theoretical faculties side.