Identification Components of Improving Policy-making Linear Process in Higher Educational System of Country

The gap between social expectations and the achievements of higher education has been steadily widening, and educational authorities are also concerned about objective and tangible failures in the field of education. There is a need for continuous analysis of the policy-making process to acheive a more efficient structure and higher capabilities and better quality for higher education. For this reason, the aim of present research was to identify the components and indicators of linear policy-making in the country's higher education system to provide a suitable model. This research was conducted in an interpretive paradigm with qualitative approach based on the fundamental theory method. In this study, 12 experts in the field of policy-making and educational management and faculty members of the Faculty of Educational Sciences of public and non-governmental universities in Tehran province were considered as the research sample and chain sampling method was used to identify and select experts. In order to collect the required information, the methods of documentary and field studies were used; inaddition, data collection tools were semi-structured interview; and Maxqda2007 software was used for open-axis-selective coding of the collected data. The outcomes pointed out that the main components of policy making in the country's higher education system were paying attention to strategic management, to quality orientation in the education system, to educational infrastructure, to comprehensive development and to policy achievements in the society and expanding the supports of policy making in the country's higher education system.