The degree of academic role practice among faculty members in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences at the University of Derna - Al-Qubbah Branch.

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the degree of academic role practice among faculty members in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences at the University of Derna - Al-Qubbah Branch. The study sample consisted of (60) faculty members, selected through simple random sampling, including (29) males and (31) females. The researcher used a questionnaire on the degree of academic role practice among faculty members, which was employed in a study by (Wasous et al., 2015). The psychometric properties of the questionnaire were verified. The results of the study revealed statistically significant differences in all dimensions as well as the total score of the scale, with all differences favoring the average of the sample members. Additionally, the results showed that there were no statistically significant differences at the significance level (α ≤ 0.05) in the dimensions of the scale or the total score attributed to the variables of gender, specialization, or college, except for the community service dimension, which favored the College of Sciences. The study results led to a set of recommendations and suggestions were propose , one of the most important aspects is conducting studies that focus on the academic roles of the faculty members and how to utilize them in the field of community service.