An-Najah Staff

The study aimed at identifying to what extent the democratic practices and its features are affected by demographic variables as perceived by An- Najah and Birzeit university students. The study question: to what extent is the democratic practices and its features in An-Najah and Birzeit affected by demographic variables as perceived by the students. The study hypothesis: There are no significant statistical differences at (α= 0.05) in the level of democratic practices and its features as perceived by An-Najah and Birzeit universities students due to university, gender, student's academic year, father's academic a qualification, mother's academic a qualification variables. The population of the study consisted of all students of An-Najah and Birzeit. A stratified random sample was down, the size of the sample was (900) students out 01which (773) students responded to the questionnaire. In other words the sample constitutes (6.6%) out of the entire population. The researcher developed a questionnaire based on Watfa and Shera' (2000)in Kuwait. The validity of the instrument was approved by twelve Ph.D. holders in An-Najah university. The instrument proved to be reliable by using Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient which value was (0.82). The study revealed the following results: 1. The level of the overall effectiveness of the democratic practices was medium. The respondents arthematic mean was to (3.11). 2. There were statistical significant differences at (α = 0.05) in the level of democratic practices and its features in both An-Najah and Birzeit university, in favor of An-Najah university. 3. There were no statistical significant differences (α = 0.05) in the level of democratic practices and its features as perceived by students of An- Najah and Birzeit universities due the gender variable. 4. There were no statistical significant differences (α = 0.05) in the level of democratic practices and its features as perceived by students of An- Najah and Birzeit universities due to the academic level variable. 5. There are statistical significant differences (α = 0.05) in the level of democratic practices and its features as perceived by students of An- Najah and Birzeit students due to the father's academic qualification variable in favor of those who were university graduates. 6. There were no statistical significant differences (α = 0.05) in the level of democratic practices and its features as perceived by students of An- Najah and Birzeit universities students due to the mother's academic qualification variable. In the light of the finding: furthers studies should be conducted about the democratic practices of Palestinians universities. More deep studies should be conducted about the nature of An-Najah and Birzeit university academic life, students and their democratic practices and difficulties.