The Academic Status of the Disadvantaged Students at the Hashemit University

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the academic status of the disadvantaged students at the Hashemite University, and the reasons behind their academic failure and low retention rate in their departments. The study aimed at answering the following questions: 1-What is the number of accepted disadvantaged students, who are under academic probation, expelled from the program, or expelled from the University in the different faculties at the Hashemite University? 2- Is there a difference in students’ abilities, skills, need for academic assistance, financial needs, social adaptation and their attitudes toward studying in relation to their different faculties? To investigate this issue, a questionnaire was developed and administered to the disadvantaged students in different departments and a sum of (101) copies of the questionnaire were filled and returned. The study revealed that there are statistically significant differences between students due to their colleges in three dimensions: students’ abilities, student’s skills, and their attitudes towards studying. It also revealed that there are statistically significant differences between the faculty of physical education and sport sciences and the faculty of arts and sciences concerning student’s skills and in favor of the students in the faculty of physical education. There were also statistically significant differences in student’s skills between the students in the faculty of economics and the students in the faculty of arts and sciences. The results were in favor for the students of the faculty of arts and sciences. There were also statistically significant differences between the faculties of physical education and arts and sciences concerning students attitudes towards studying in favor for the faculty of arts and sciences, and between the faculty of educational sciences and economics in favor for the students in the faculty of economics and between the faculties of educational sciences and physical education in favor for the students in the faculty of educational sciences.