The Legal Nature of the Jordanian Governmental Universities and Their Financial Independency
This study explains the legal nature and the financial independency
of the public sector (state funded) universities, the question of
considering it as a Public institution or as an official Public institution,
its financial independence and its funding, to explore the financial
policies in higher education, particularly, the National Agenda and its reflections over the trends of governmental entities supervising higher
education in Jordan. The conformity between these trends and the
cabinet circulated notes related to the state budget and the governmental
funding. The main references for this study include universities-related
legislations, official and interpretational decisions and official records
which will be analyzed. Then, the legal nature and the financial
independency of these institutions will be interrogated.