Effective Components on the Development of Entrepreneurship in Applied Scientific Higher Education Centers of Jihad-e-Agriculture Case Study: Imam Khomeini Higher Education Center

The philosophy of applied-science higher education of Iran is development of entrepreneurship in agriculture sector thought training of entrepreneurs graduated student. In this regard, Imam Khomeini Higher Education Center (IHEC) has tried to become an entrepreneurial center in agriculture by design and implementing programs such as; entrepreneurship farm, learn and earn project, entrepreneurship plan, farm field school, education, extension and research tour, science and technology park and workshops on entrepreneurship education. So this study aimed to identify the effective factors and its relationship with the development of entrepreneurship in Applied Scientific Centers of Jihad-e-Agriculture. The statistical population of this study consisted of all faculty members, instructors and managers of Imam Khomeini Higher Education Center (IHEC) equal to 72 people which by the census method data gathered. The main instrument of the research was a questionnaire which its validity was confirmed a panel of educational specialists and its reliability was approved by calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient over 0.7. Based on result of factor analysis of factors effecting on entrepreneurship development, 7 extracted factors explained about 70% of total variance. Finding of Friedman test showed that there were significance difference between factors and education of entrepreneurship factor was the most important factor of entrepreneurship development. Also based on pathway analysis three factors including “education of entrepreneurship”, “entrepreneurship policies and missions” and “innovative practices” had significant direct and indirect effect and 4 other factors had significant direct effect on dependent variables of level of entrepreneurship development.