Abstract
Despite the importance of personal and professional characteristics in the educational performance, to date, there is no study to profound the effects of these characteristics on the educational performance among faculty members of Iran’s universities and higher education instructions. Therefore, with focus on personal and professional characteristics, the present study aimed to compare the educational performance among faculty members of agricultural colleges in western of Iran. The statistical population of this study consisted of all faculty members in the agricultural colleges of universities of Ilam, Razi and Kurdistan at Iran, which 116 faculty members were selected as the sample using the proportionate stratified random sampling method. To gather required data, one questionnaire was designed. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics with SPSSWin20 software. Results showed that the present status of educational performance among faculty members of agricultural colleges in western part of Iran was weak. Results of mean comparisons showed that there was significant difference between educational performance based on age, work experience, academic degree, educational group and gender variables. Findings of this study can pave the way for formulating sound programs in higher agricultural education system to promote educational performance among faculty members of agricultural colleges.