Identify And Analyze The Social Responsibilities Of The University

The main purpose of this study is to identify the social responsibilities of universities in Khuzestan province and analyze their current status in 1398. The current research is a theoretical-applied research in terms of purpose and in terms of data collection, it is a mixed (qualitative and quantitative) asynchronous exploratory type. The qualitative method is based on a phenomenological-interpretive perspective and in the quantitative part is the descriptive-survey method. Using a targeted (chain) approach, 32 academic experts were selected. In the quantitative part, by stratified-random quota method, 280 people were selected from 1038 faculty members based on Cochran's formula. The tool of the qualitative section is a deep semi-structured interview and in the quantitative section is a researcher-made questionnaire on university social responsibilities. The content validity and reliability of the interviews were confirmed by experts and the construct validity and content validity of the questionnaire were also confirmed. Cronbach's alpha coefficient in the University Social Responsibility Questionnaire was 0.92. Findings showed that, 20 central categories of social responsibilities of the university were identified, which were categorized using the logic of the Carol model. Also, one-sample t-test showed that the status of the components of social responsibility of the university in the general scale of the average of 2.92 was higher than the hypothetical average of the study (2.5) and the value of T was calculated to be 15.69 which is in good condition and satisfaction.