Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to study of sport activities administration of higher education institutes in Thailand by out of Bangkok metropolitan and perimeter. As for the compared opinion level concerning the resources of sport activities administration, the sport administrative process and the sport activities achievement arrangement among higher education institutes in Northern, Central, Northeast, Southern and Eastern of Thailand were observed. The sampling persons were 200 persons of administrations and sport activities staff in higher education in Thailand and 400 persons of students who involved in sport activities or university athletes. The instrument used for collecting data were two questionnaires which were constructed by the researcher. These two questionnaires have reliability score at .90 and .87 respectively. The obtained data were then analyzed in term of frequency, mean and standard deviation. One way analysis of variance were used to determine the significant differences in the opinion level among five parts of Thailand and the differences in pairs of means were analyzed by Scheffe test. The results were as follows : 1. The administrations and sport activities staff in higher education in Thailand considered that both the resources of sport activities administration and sport administrative process were of higher education in Thailand at the "good" level. It inspect according to each aspect, it was found that: 1.1 For the resources of sport activities administration, it was found that 4 M's such as man, money, material and management aspects were at the "good" level. 1.2 For the sport administrative process, it was found that planning, organizing, leading and controlling aspects were at the "good" level. 2. The students who involved in sport activities or university athletes in higher education in Thailand considered that the sport activities achievement arrangement of higher education in Thailand in 3 aspects of sports such as the fundamental sports, sports for health and elite sports were at the "good" level. 3. In comparison of administrations and sport activities staff opinion level concerning the resources of sport activities administration among higher education institutes in Northern, Central, Northeast, Southern and Eastern of Thailand, it was found that all aspects of those opinion level were significantly different at .05 level. 4. In comparison of administrations and sport activities staff opinion level concerning the sport administrative process among higher education institutes in Northern, Central, Northeast, Southern and Eastern of Thailand, it was found that all aspects of those opinion level were significantly different at .05 level. 5. In comparison of students who involved in sport activities or university athletes opinion level concerning the sport activities achievement arrangement among higher education institutes in Northern, Central, Northeast, Southern and Eastern of Thailand, it was found that all aspects of those opinion level were significantly different at .05 level.