Faculty member characteristics as

This study aimed at determining teacher college faculty member academic, professional, personal and social characteristics from the perspective of the students in these colleges in the Kingdom. It also aimed to check tracing the effects of the city where the college is located, type of students, cumulative average, educational level and specialization in the college as regards to their figuring out the desired characteristics. To accomplish all that, the views of the subjects were investigated (N= 1672). The data of the study was collected by using a questionnaire, prepared by the researcher, comprising 79 phrases each of which represents one characteristic most important form their view point to them. The validity and reliability of this implement was checked through suitable methods. Percentage ratios, arithmetic means, correlation coefficients; T-tests, inconsistency analysis; and Scheffe test were used to analyze the data of the study. The result of the study showed that all the characteristics mentioned on the questionnaire were considered highly and moderately desired in the faculty member of the teachers' colleges in Saudi Arabia, where their averages ranged between (4-25) and (2-94). The scopes of the study and the extent of their importance to the individuals of the study sample were rank ordered as follows: personal, professional, social and academic characteristics with total averages for each dimension scores read: 79.98; 79.84; 58.81 and 58.04 respectively. The results of T-test independent unequal numbered samples suggest significant statistical difference in the respondents overall views according to the differences of the accumulative average, educational level and specialization in the college. Moreover the study showed the compatibility of its results to a greater extent with some results of the variables of previous studies of similar groups of academic, professional, personal and social characteristics of the faculty member in teacher's colleges which make these characteristics stand out as an effective factor in the relations and interactions of the member his students and colleagues that could promote his social and academic conformity. They can also be used as criteria of evaluation and promotion of the faculty member. Finally, the researcher presented some recommendations on how to make use of the desired and the suggested characteristics in this study when new faculty members are recruited and hired