Öğretim elemanlarının üniversitelerin uyguladıkları akreditasyon faaliyetlerine yönelik algıları: Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi örneği.

The research was conducted to determine the thoughts, attitudes and perceptions of the academic staff working in the academic units of Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, located in the Central Anatolia Region, regarding the accreditation activities implemented by the universities. In addition to the information obtained from the literature on the subject, the questionnaire form, which was created using the Accreditation Perception (AA) Scale developed by Semerci (2017), was carried out with a total of 381 academic staff conducting education and training activities at Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, which is the sample of the study, between 01-31 May 2022. The survey model was used in the study in order to reveal the existing situation and to learn the thoughts, attitudes and perceptions of the academic staff towards accreditation activities. In the study, the data obtained from the questionnaires sent to the internet addresses of a total of 381 lecturers working in 14 faculties, 1 School of Higher Education and 6 Vocational Schools affiliated to the University using the convenience sampling method were analyzed in the SPSS 25.0 package program. No hypothesis or model was established in the study, and some descriptive statistics were used in the analysis of the data, and t-test and one-way ANOVA test were used to examine the perspectives, expectations, thought levels and perceptions according to the descriptive characteristics. As a result of the research, there was no significant difference between the scale and its sub-dimensions according to the participants' educational status, age status and income, and only a significant difference was found between the scale sub-factor according to the professional status of the academics in the Perception of Accreditation (PA) Scale. In the LSD test conducted to determine the source of the difference, it was concluded that there was a significant difference between professors and research assistants, lecturers, doctoral lecturers and associate professors in their favor according to their professional status. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]