Perceptions of student council members on their participation in decision making in higher education

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Şahin, Asu

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This study aims to investigate the perceptions of the student representatives in the student council at Bilkent University, in Turkey, as to how well the student council system in this university works in terms of enabling the participation of students in the decision making process of the university administration. A qualitative research design was used to collect data from the ten members of the student council at Bilkent University. Standardised open ended interview questions that were prepared by the researcher were used to collect data through face to face interviews, which were recorded and transcribed by the researcher. The data were analysed through content analysis technique and the results were presented descriptively. The results revealed that majority of the students are aware of the fact that the student council is necessary in order to enable the participation of the students in the decision making process. The council members generally think that the council has a meaningful involvement in the decisions made at the university only on student related issues. They think that they are not seen as one of the key decisions makers on issues related to other aspects of the university. According to the results of the research, it is understood that there is a need to revise the system taking student opinions into account as well in a way that it represents the whole student body, the student council participates in the decisions made at all levels of the university, and on all issues concerning the university.

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Participation in decision making, higher education, student governments, student councils

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606546/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/15384

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A. Şahin, “Perceptions of student council members on their participation in decision making in higher education,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2005.