Exploring the Impact of Gender, Campus, and College Affiliation on Health Sciences Students' Perceptions of Facilities, Equipment, and Digital Library Resources in an English-Medium Instruction University
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college education, gender differencesAbstract
The investigation into students' attitudes and satisfaction concerning college facilities & equipment and the digital library constitutes a consequential research endeavor, with potential ramifications for fostering positive impacts on students' overall success within the college environment. This study aims to assess the attitudes and satisfaction levels of freshmen students enrolled in health sciences programs during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Saudi university that employs English as the medium of instruction. To execute this inquiry, a meticulously designed questionnaire was formulated and subsequently disseminated electronically to students across three distinct campuses and various colleges, accounting for both male and female cohorts. Statistical analyses were conducted utilizing the Kruskal–Wallis test within the R statistical software.
The outcomes of this study reveal that the overall rating of students' satisfaction with facilities and the digital library slightly surpassed the average threshold. Notably, the digital library exhibited the lowest satisfaction levels among all students, with particular emphasis on aspects such as library training sessions, library databases, and the accessibility of databases. In the realm of facilities & equipment, significant disparities were discerned among campuses and colleges, although gender did not emerge as a differentiating factor. The study unveiled that college affiliation and gender functioned as significant predictors of student satisfaction in both the domains of facilities & equipment and the digital library.
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