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.