Examining the Educational, Research and Organizational Challenges of New Faculty Members of Kandahar University, Afghanistan

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1 PhD Student in Educational Management of Shahid Beheshti University

2 Associate Professor of Educational Management Shahid Beheshti University

3 Assistant Professor of Educational Management Shahid Beheshti UniversityIran

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of identifying and investigating the educational, research and organizational challenges of new academic staff members in Afghanistan in accordance with the new standards of education and research from the perspective of experts using a quantitative and qualitative combined method. In the qualitative part of the research. The present participants, including 33 scientists, experts, university professors, university presidents, university academic vice-chancellors, and new professors, were purposefully selected for interviews. In the quantitative part, the statistical population of the present study includes new professors of Kandahar University who have less than 10 years of work experience. The number of our statistical population is 190 new professors. Sampling was determined based on Morgan's table of new professors of Kandahar University. The data collection tools are interviews with experienced and veteran professors and university managers and a questionnaire prepared for the survey of new professors. Data collection was done in the first stage by semi-structured interview method and in the second stage after compiling the questionnaire based on the opinions of the interviewees at the level of Kandahar University. After collecting the data using Spss26 software, the data was analyzed using Friedman's ranking test and at each educational, research and organizational level, based on the opinions of the statistical sample present in the research, the most important challenges were obtained and the challenges They were ranked ahead. Also, the average rank of each variable is reported. The comparison of the average ratings shows that the highest average rating (2.84) belongs to the characteristic of organizational challenges, which means that the most important challenge of novice professors is the organizational challenge. After this challenge, the most important challenges of professors include research challenges and educational challenges, respectively.
 
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Nazari, Q., Abolghasemi, M., Alami, F. Mohammadi Chaboki, R. & Ghahramani, M. (2022). Examining the Educational, Research and Organizational Challenges of New Faculty Members of Kandahar University, Afghanistan. Journal of Science & Technology Policy, 15(3), 1-12. {In Persian}.
 

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