فصلنامه پژوهش و برنامه ریزی در آموزش عالی
سال بیستم شماره 3 (پیاپی 73، پاییز 1393)

The sustainable university topic emerged from sustainable development paradigm that focuses on balanced economic، social and environmental development. Therefore، a sustainable university is defined as a university that its philosophy is based on substantive rationality and system thinking، using interdisciplinary approach in teaching and research to solve human community problems، and its final destination is sustainable development for current and future generations. The main purpose of this research was identification and prioritization of sustainable university''s factors. This research was carried out by exploratory mixed method in two qualitative and quantitative parts. In the qualitative part، the focus groups research method was used and in the quantitative part analytical-descriptive research method was employed. The research population consisted of UT faculty members and graduate students. In the qualitative part، purposive non-probability sampling method and in the quantitative part، stratified sampling method was used for selection of students and faculty. In the qualitative part، semi-structural interviews with academic experts was conducted and in the quantitative part a researcher made questionnaire was used. To analyze the research data in the qualitative part، coding and encoding method was used; while in the quantitative part Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) were utilized. The results of the study showed that a sustainable university has six main factors. The results of AHP indicated that from the perspective of faculty members and graduate students of UT، the factors of a sustainable university in order of importance based on their numerical weights are: sustainable management system (. 311)، sustainable teaching system (. 236)، sustainable research system (. 197)، environmental management system (. 124)، sustainable financing system (. 086)، and sustainable development outreach (. 086).

Education as a key tool for the creation of specialized labor is the most production inputs that have a significant role economic growth and development. Hence، the purpose of present study was to evaluate the impact of education، as a human capital index، on Iran''s economic growth. Therefore، needed data for country''s 30 provinces were collected from Iranian Statistics Center''s different publications during 2000-05. In order to predict a model، 2SLS method on panel data was performed and Moses Oketch recommended model equation were predicted by cross sectional method. Results indicated that focusing on education as one of the human capital indexes could have a positive effect on the country’s economic growth.

The purpose of this study was to identify effective factors on knowledge sharing among faculty members in Gorgan City universities and presenting a domestic model. A qualitative method was chosen for this study. Statistical population of this research was comprised of faculty members in Gorgan Azad University، Medical Sciences University and Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University. First، using Strauss and Corbin continuous comparison methodology، data were collected through deep and semistructured interviews. For this purpose، 23 Gorgan universities'' faculty members were selected through purposive sampling and snowball methodology. Finally، after examining 427 open cods، results were presented as a paradigm that its central core consisted of knowledge sharing among faculty members in Gorgan universities. This paradigm involves four categories of emotional-social bond، market values، achieving personal growth and development and adapting to requirements.

This study was aimed to evaluate relationships between strategic planning with flexibility ability and performance of higher education institutions in Shahid Beheshti University. This research is a survey type and statistical population was included all administrators، faculty members and strategic planning officers. A questionnaire was used as a research tool. Its validity was evaluated by faculty members. The reliability of the questionnaire was determined using Cronbach alpha Coefficient (0. 945). Partial Least Squares Structural Equations Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used for data analysis. According to research founding، strategic planning had significant positive effects on flexibility، and flexibility had significant positive effects on performance. In addition، the intermediary role of flexibility between strategic planning and performance was confirmed. Moreover، research flexibility had significant and positive impact on financial performance، and aspect of structural flexibility and technological flexibility had significant and positive impact on non-financial performance. The result of relationship between teaching and financial flexibility on financial performance and also relationship between non-financial performances and financial performance showed a significant difference with no significant and positive relationship.

The current study was carried out with the purpose of reviewing effective factors on professional development of faculty members and proposing some strategies for its improvement. A causal-comparative descriptive research method was used، and a researcher-made questionnaire was utilized for data collection. The statistical population of the study included 17787 full time faculty members of the universities affiliated with the Ministry of Science، Research and Technology، of which 531 individuals were selected based on multistage stratified random sampling. Out of 531 respondents، 53، 57 and 421 persons were placed in three groups of successful، unsuccessful and in transition faculties، respectively. Variance analysis، F test and Scheffe test were employed to analyze data. Results showed that there was a significant difference between successful and unsuccessful faculty members in terms of relationships، and group and scientific interactions factors، organizational socialization، methods of decision making in the related scientific group and structural factors. Unsuccessful groups put more emphasis on teaching compared to successful and in transitions groups. In addition، successful and unsuccessful groups had significant differences with each other based on organizational socialization variable and specially sub-factor of preparation and primary coordination process. Comparison between the successful and unsuccessful groups، based on their degree of interaction and scientific relationships، showed that the successful group had significantly more interactions and scientific relationships compared to the unsuccessful group.

This study was aimed to investigate the effects of English language teaching method via mobile phone and e-mail on level of student learning and achievement''s motivation. The study was an applied and semi-empirical type utilizing pre- test post- test and control groups. The statistical population included 521 Birjand University''s students who were enrolled in a general English language course. A purposive sample of 102 students were drawn from the population and randomly divided into two mobile (n=38) and email (n=26) experimental groups. In addition، a control group of 38 students were thought in a conventional way. To evaluate students'' learning، a researcher made test was used. The validity of the instrument was determined (. 86) by Kudr - Richardson Formula 20. Achievement motivation was measured through Hermen''s Achievement Motivation Questionnaire. Hermen reported the retest''s coefficient and Cronbach''s alpha of. 82 and. 84، respectively. Data analysis of language test and questionnaires'' test scores، using one way ANOVA، revealed that teaching method through phone and e-mail had positive effects on students'' English language learning and achievement''s motivation. Also، Tukey''s test showed that the average change in proficiency test scores and achievement''s motivation are significantly more in the e-mail experimental group than the other groups.