Problems of Jordanian Public Universities’ Students: A Survey Study
<p>This study aims at identifying the types of problems encountered Jordanian Public<br />UniversityStudents according to students themselves. It also seeks to investigate the effect of<br />the variables of faculty, level of study, gender and academic achievement on the degree of the<br />intensity of such problems. For this purpose, a version of Moony checklist for problems<br />student, adapted by Sowanah (1983), was used; it consists of (190) items classified into six<br />domains. The sample of the study was randomly selected and consists of (406) male and<br />female students.<br />The results of the study revealed that Jordanian Public University Students suffer from<br />problems in all six domains. They are arranged in descending order according to degree of<br />intensity as follows: Curricula and Methods of Instruction and adapting to University Life,<br />Social and Recreational Activity, Health and Physical Growth, Home and Family Personal<br />and Psycho-affective Relationships, Financial Position and vocational. No statistically<br />significant difference ( a = 0.05) in the degree of the problems intensity attributed to the<br />variables of students' faculty, level of study, gender or academic achievement was indicated.<br />Results also revealed a positive attitude of the students towards the counseling services<br />available to them and that they felt they need the same counseling services in all the study<br />domains with no statistically significant difference (a = 0.05) attributed to any of the study<br />variables. The researchers recommended an establishment of a counseling center in order to<br />help the students overcome their problems.</p><p> </p>