Academic Leadership and its Role in Improving University Performance at Imam University College

The study aims to identify academic leadership and its role in improving university performance at Imam University College, as well as to diagnose the level of academic leadership practices at Imam University College, the research sample. The research problem was how to determine the nature of the relationship between academic leadership and its role in improving university performance at Imam University College, in line with the vital role played by these variables. The research population and sample consisted of the academic leadership at Imam University College (27) academics. The research sample included a comprehensive inventory of the dean's office and his assistants, as well as all department heads and rapporteurs at the college under study (27), with an accuracy level of 5%. The study found a significant correlation between the average responses of the study sample members regarding academic leadership and its role in improving university performance at Imam University College. The study recommended the need for academic leaders at Imam University College to take advantage of the positive relationship between the dimensions of academic leadership, represented by (inspiring a shared vision and empowering human resources), by developing and understanding creative skills and abilities, which contributes to raising the level of academic leadership.