Developing the Roles of Faculty Members in Yemeni Public Universities in Light of the Requirements of the Economy Knowledge

Abstract

The study aimed to a proposed vision for developing the roles of faculty members in Yemeni public universities in light of the requirements of the knowledge economy, by determining the degree of availability of requirements and the degree of importance of the availability of those requirements in developing the performance of faculty members in Yemeni public universities for their roles in the fields of scientific research. Community partnership training courses, providing consultations in light of the requirements of the knowledge economy, and revealing statistically significant differences in the degree of (availability and importance) according to university variables, specialization, academic rank, gender, years of experience, and the descriptive approach was used in both its survey and development parts, the survey to diagnose reality and develop to build the proposed scenario, and the final study sample consisted of (238) faculty members at Yemeni public universities (Sanaa, Dhamar, Ibb Amran). The questionnaire was used to collect the necessary data for the purposes of the study, and it included (39) items distributed over four areas and answered according to the five-point scale,  Arithmetic means, standard deviations, the Cronbach reliability coefficient, the Pearson correlation coefficient, Scheffé tests, and one-way analysis of variance were used, and it was concluded that the availability of the requirements in the reality of the performance of faculty members in Yemeni public universities in light of the requirements of the knowledge economy in the fields of scientific research, community partnership, and training courses. Providing consultations in general is weak, as it obtained an overall average of (2.12) with a percentage of (42.40%). As for the degree of importance of the availability of requirements in the reality of the performance of faculty members in Yemeni public universities in light of the requirements of the knowledge economy in the fields of scientific research, community partnership, training courses, and providing consultations in general. (Very high), as it obtained an overall average of (4.59) with a percentage of (91.80%), and there are statistically significant differences depending on the variable type, academic degree, years of experience, and university. A number of recommendations were presented, most notably: activating the fields of knowledge economy in Yemeni public universities. Reflecting its impact on the development of roles of faculty members in the areas of applied research, community engagement, and training courses and providing consultations. The proposed vision was formulated according to the following stages: 1- The planning and preparation stage. 2- The implementation stage, which includes: A- Spreading the culture of the knowledge economy. B- Activating the roles of faculty members. C- Follow-up and evaluation stage.