A vision for Developing the Role of Universities in the Scientific Research Movement According to the Delphi Method

Abstract

The current research aims to establish a future vision for the development of scientific research according to the Delphi method. The descriptive approach was used in developing the research tool, and the Delphi method was applied to survey experts' opinions regarding the future vision. The research population consisted of all university faculty members, and a random sample of 38 professors was selected out of 170, representing 22%, for whom a first-round questionnaire was applied. In the subsequent two rounds, the study population consisted of 13 professors, for whom the Delphi method was used to reach a vision for the development of scientific research. In the first round, a three-dimensional closed questionnaire based on the Likert scale was used. The tool achieved a very high score in the second round at 88.3%, increasing in the third round to 90%, with a range of 1.7% between the two rounds for the entire tool. The ranking of the fields according to the percentage weight of experts' average responses during the two rounds, in descending order, was as follows:
Infrastructure response rate in the second round was 90.0% and 90.6% in the third round, with a range of 0.6%. Funding and budget response rate in the second round was 88.0% and 91.6% in the third round And the range (3.6%). Regulations and legislation had a response rate in the second (90.1%), and the third (88.5%), with a range (1.6%). Goals and objectives had a response rate in the second (86.6%), and the third (87.8%), with a range (1.2%). In the field of research activities, the response rate in the second (86.4%), and the third (86.8%), with a range (0.4%).