Level of Educational Relationship between University Professor and Student from Perspective of Faculty Members at Hail University

Abstract

This study aims at identifying the level of educational relationship between university professor and student from faculty members’ perspective at Hail University. A sample consisting of 420 faculty members were surveyed. Variables including: gender, years of experience, college, and academic rank were under focus. An instrument consisting of 50 items were applied on this sample. This instrument covers three major aspects, which were: interaction with students, guiding student’s behavior, and the social psychological climate. Data analysis revealed that the grand average score of the level of educational relationship between faculty member and student was 4.21; which is at a very high level. Guiding student’s behavior were ranked at the top level with an average of 4.41, followed by interaction with students with an average of 4.11. The social psychological climate came last with an average of 4.02. Non statistically significant differences were found that could be due to years of experience, college, and academic rank. Whereas statistically significant differences at (a =0.05) were found that could be due to gender in favor of females.