نشریه نامه آموزش عالی
پیاپی 56 (زمستان 1400)

The main purpose of this research, was a comparative study on the content of strategic programs developed by universities in Iran. Asian countries and the Islamic world.  

The research was done by means of content analysis method with a qualitative approach.  The statistical population of the research consisted of the strategic programs of  6 Iranian Comprehensive Universities, 6 Asian Universities and 5 top universities of the Islam world that were selected by biased and purposive sampling. In the selection of universities, Shanghai ranking systems, Times, QS, Logging and the ISC global ranking system were used.   For coding and code analysis, Mayring’s approach, MaxQda software 18 & 20 were used to draw concepts associated with the components of the documents as well as the determination of the abundance of codes.  

The results revealed the existence of some differences between elements, concepts and methodology of various strategic plans of different universities. Iranian universities seem to focus more on different components of strategic programs; As an example, in the field of methodology, only addressing methodology  can be seen in strategic programs of Iranian universities

According to the research findings, although various concepts have been raised in strategic plans of universities, paying attention to social responsibility is very important for them.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the dimensions of career path among the faculty members of Urmia University.

This is a descriptive and correlational study, and the statistical population included all of the full-time faculty members of Urmia University. According to the latest statistics and available information at Urmia University in the academic year of 1398-1399, a total of 537 full-time faculty members were working at this university. The total sample size was 230, that was determined by proportional stratified sampling method using Cochran formula. In order to collect data, a researcher-made career path questionnaire was used. The questionnaire consisted of 90 questions that assessed 15 aspects of the career path of faculty members. The reliability of this questionnaire was also evaluated in this study, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the whole questionnaire was 86/.  One-sample t-test and Friedman tests were used for statistical analysis.

The results showed that each of the dimensions of career path are of great importance to the faculty members of Urmia University, and it can be said that they are in a good status.  among these 15 dimensions, research variables, organizational knowledge, relations with community, and positive attitude with an average of ( 4.98) are in the most suitable condition. Furthermore, the relationship with industry was in a low rank with an average of (4.90). The Friedman test was used to examine the second question regarding the prioritization of career path. The results showed that the dimensions of interaction and cooperation are the most important ones. Moreover, the connection with industry has the lowest average.

Based on the research findings, it can be said that career path and having a career path are important and necessary for faculty members, and with regarding to these dimensions, some suggestions were provided for the promotion and status of faculty members.

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors affecting students' satisfaction and loyalty to the university.

The statistical population consisted of 315 loyal students and graduates of Yazd University who were selected by stratified random sampling method. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire, and its content validity, criterion validity and also its construct validity and its reliability (0.94) were evaluated and confirmed.

The results of factor analysis indicated that 46% of the variance of university satisfaction and loyalty to it was explained by three factors (extracted from eight factors): satisfaction with professors and educational status, satisfaction with university facilities and services, and satisfaction with university management policies. Also, the results of t-test showed that the average of being satisfied about six factors in girls was higher than boys and the average of being satisfied in post graduate students was significantly higher than graduates in one factor.   

In general, the satisfaction of graduate students and graduates of Yazd University from educational, research and welfare services was in a medium level and about the management services it was in a low level.

with the outbreak of Covid-19,  use of E-learning instead of face-to-face education in higher education became inevitable. The present study aimed to assess the students' satisfaction with E-learning provided  by the Isfahan university’s management system  during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The study population included all of the students ,that were studying in the second semester of 1398-1399 at the Isfahan university.  By using a simple random sampling method, 373 persons were determined as the statistical population. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire, containing 34 questions, that its validity was evaluated using 5 educational management professors. Reliability was calculated by Cronbach’s alpha, and it was equal to 0/95.  The questionnaires were sent electronically to the university student groups and the collected data were analyzed  by descriptive statistics methods in SPSS software.

The results showed that about half of the students (47%) were satisfied with the E-learning provided by the Learning Management System (LMS). The percentage of satisfaction with the content of education, infrastructure and technology, support, communication and assessment was 38, 58, 40, 60, and 32, respectively.  Dissatisfaction of most of the students was related   to the use of dynamic and multimedia facilities for transferring content, internet speed, connection problems, and difficulty in sharing content and learning between students.

 In general, the findings of the present study indicated that more than half of the learners were dissatisfied with E-learning.  Therefore,  it is suggested that  empowering professors, providing the necessary infrastructure, and  determining amounts as financial aid  be considered by the university's educational administrators in order to help improve the conduct of these courses.

 The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism of economic and social participation of universities in the framework of business models.

The approach of this research was qualitative, and it is called an applied research. Document analysis was used as the research method. The target group of this study consisted of all of the documents related to university business models and targeted sampling method based on criterion. After analyzing the documents, the findings will be discussed by a group of experts to validate them.

Findings in the framework of cooperation and economic participation of the university were presented in two parts of the process and influential elements, and each part of the various elements and components shows an aspect of the cooperation of universities and their businesses.  The analysis of the universities` business models shows that university can define its economic and social participation in society with one or more of its main functions (education, research, services), and act in accordance with them.  Academic business models can also be used to enhance the university's economic participation, to design future higher education scenarios, to identify innovation routes, and also to profound and multilateral examination of the university as an economic institution.

The results indicate that by examining the nature and components of the university business models, an appropriate framework can be provided for designing an optimal university business model with emphasis on the economic development of the region for research and higher education policies.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the capabilities and competencies of graduates of the Quranic sciences and tradition major.

For this purpose, the model of Sharepour et al.’s (2001) questionnairehas been used in a descriptive-analytical manner.   The survey was conducted through an online questionnaire system and 212 questionnaires were analyzed. At first, the fitting of the model was confirmed by AMOS 24 software in two dimensions of "attitude and lifestyle" and "literacy and professional skills". Then the data were analyzed by SPSS 24 software in descriptive method (frequency and percentage) and inferential method( Chi-Square and Friedman test).

The findings show that the  analyzed sample in this study, that more than 86% of it  included graduate students, in the two components of "specialized literacy" and "familiarity with institutions and scientific personalities" require a  particular attention. They do not consider the role of university to be effective in creating academic identity, cultural understanding, and developing basic foreign language and information technology skills, but they believe  education in that field is helpful in their career success.

The Quranic sciences and tradition major requires to be reviewed in order to create the capabilities and competencies of the graduates in different dimensions.