The purpose of the present study was identified and prioritized the components of staff training in higher education institutions using thematic analysis and multi-criteria decision making method of best worst. The methodology of this research was mixed (qualitative-quantitative). Initially, effective factors on staff training were identified through reviewing subject literature and content analysis of 71 related articles and dissertations and semi-structured interviews with thirteen experts who were reduced to 177 important factors after screening in 25 sub-themes and 7 themes. The main categories (educational needs assessment, educational goals, evaluation methods, educational evaluation, staff improvement in higher education institutions, conditions governing higher education institutions, educational facilities) were classified. The indices were ranked using the new Best - Worst (BWM) integrated approach. The results showed that the educational needs assessment indices and educational facilities are the best-worst indices of staff training in higher education institutions, respectively. It was hoped that managers will be able to improve the level of knowledge and quality of staff behavior and performance by recognizing and prioritizing the components of staff training in higher education institutions more effectively.

One of the most important goals of the university is to meet the needs of the community, which provides solutions to solve problems by engaging in solving community problems. The present study was conducted with the aim of providing a model of social services for higher education institutions. For this purpose, the method of documentary study and qualitative content analysis were used simultaneously. The scope of the research included upstream and managerial documents on the goals and functions of higher education institutions and interviews with higher education experts. Sampling was purposeful and 32 documents were used as a written sample. Fifteen higher education professionals were also interviewed in a targeted and snowball manner. In order to analyze the qualitative data, a three-step process of open, axial and selective coding was used. The implementation of the open coding process led to the identification of sixty-seven main concepts. After classifying the data, the social services model of higher education institutions in the form of five central categories including educational services, bio-welfare services, scientific-knowledge services, technical-research services, cultural and political services, sixty-seven open concepts and the selected structure provided the same social services of higher education institutions.

The efficiency of universities and higher education institutions is considered by many researchers because of their strategic role in the development and economy of each country, because the evaluation of the efficiency of universities helps to implement effective programs for the development of higher education. The literature on evaluating the efficiency of universities and higher education institutions has evolved over the past decades. However, the divergence of approaches, process areas, differences in output and input variables of previous studies unveils the importance of conducting a systematic review on the use of data envelopment analysis technique in evaluating the performance of universities and higher education institutions. The purpose of this study is conducting such a review and identifying future trends in this field of research using a combination of systematic literature review and citation network analysis. After determining the search protocol and article selection criteria, 165 articles were finally selected and analyzed. The results show that, in recent years, in addition to educational and research activities, the performance of universities has been evaluated in terms of the performance of entrepreneurship and university-industry relations, which can be considered in development and improvement programs.

The aim of the study is to investigate the effective strategies on the development of academic ethics in higher education institutes and universities by using qualitative approach. The population of the study includes key informant in the field of academic ethics. 19 samples from were selected through interviews based on Graneheim &Lundman. the result from data analysis of open coding, axial and selective coding showed that four strategies impact on on the development of academic ethics. Individual, organizational, contextual, and environmental strategies were strategies that,)a.saadattalab@khu.ac.ir(1 - اسااداار داشگها لاوار مد -2 اسااداار داشگها ولاا . اا اشگه 3. Assistant Professor , Kharazmi University (a.saadattalab@khu.ac.ir) 2. Assistant Professor , Velayat University(esmaeil.shirali@gmail.com) فصلنامه پژوهش در مسائل تعلیم و تربیت 1397- شماره پیاپی 59 - دوره دوم ، شماره 42 مقاله شماره 3- صفحات 45 تا 64 [Downloaded from isoedmag.ir on 2023-06-26] 46 according to research participants, were effective in developing academic ethics in universities and higher education institutions. Therefore, it can be concluded that the development of academic ethics requires attention to important determinants that regardless of these factors (individual, organizational, contextual and environmental),the realization of such an important issue that plays a key role in the scientific and qualitative development of the higher education institutions, will not be possible.

Comparative studies have proven that higher education institutions will be successful if they enjoy a consistent and disciplined institutional accreditation system. A prerequisite for such a system is having appropriate criteria and internal evaluation of higher education institutions. The purpose of this paper is to examine how good these criteria and indexes and also internal evaluation of higher education institutions are as an essential prerequisite for their rankings. In addition to studying the higher education accreditation in different countries around the world, this article used a descriptive, analytical-comparative method to examine the criteria and indexes applied internationally and also compared different rankings across the world. Then, according to our country’s situation, a pattern composed of appropriate criteria and indexes was provided to the reader. The results indicated that the more higher education institutions put an emphasis on the role that accreditation and internal evaluation play in improvement of the quality of higher education, on the institutionalizing the culture of accreditation and measuring in the higher education institutes, on the familiarity of the administrators and decision makers in higher education systems with the use of motivational tools and granting privileges and rewards to the faculty and students, the more successful they will be.

Performance indicators can be appropriate tools for designing, implementing, and evaluating education, research, management, and other programs in universities and higher education institutions. Using performance indicators, one can investigate the past, current, and desired status of universities and compare it with the existing standards. The present paper aims to determine the weight of the performance evaluation indicators of nongovernmental–nonprofit higher education institutions in research, educational, and environmental dimensions, along with providing a ranking for them. Participants consisted of nongovernmental-nonprofit institutions of higher education as well as members of monitoring and evaluation bodies of higher education centers in Kermanshah, Kurdistan, Hamedan, Lorestan, and Ilam provinces (n = 45). All members were asked to fill out the performance evaluation questionnaire. The final weight of indicators was determined through analytic hierarchy process. Performance evaluation indicators were collected through questionnaires in the form of a self-report. Results showed that the educational indicators were more important than other indicators for evaluating the nongovernmental-nonprofit higher education centers. The weight of educational dimension was more than other dimensions (0.42). The weights of research and environmental dimensions were almost the same (0.29). The maximum weight of the indictors that were placed first in educational, research, and environmental dimensions were respectively 0.39, 0.30 and 0.17. The range of weights was larger in educational indicators than in other dimensions. The rating of each institution was determined in educational, research, and environmental dimensions.Discussion and When evaluating nongovernmental-nonprofit higher education institutions, the educational indicators should be prioritized. By ranking the institutions according to educational, research, and environmental dimensions, a more accurate image is provided and their comparison becomes easier. Implications of the ranking system were discussed.

The Estimation of cost per-student has been addressed by policy makers of higher education sector and has drawn a great deal of attention in the Fourth National Plan for Development. Also, it is well known that the cost analysis in higher education institutions is one of major means of efficiency. However, there have been little efforts to present a model for estimation of cost per student in a way that could detect main causes of it. The aim of this study is to apply activity based costing approach for cost estimation of higher education institutions in Iran. This model can be used to follow-up and control expenditures along with providing means for operational verification and proper decision making.

The aim of this study was to identify and rank the factors affecting the brand promotion of higher education institutions in Yazd province using fuzzy cognitive mapping technique. The research method was a case study for fuzzy modeling. The statistical population of the study consisted of two groups of key experts (faculty members and experts on higher education) and graduate students of universities in Yazd province. From the second group, 89 graduate students were selected using stratified random sampling. The research tool was a matrix questionnaire of factors affecting the promotion of the researcher higher education brand. The validity of the instrument was obtained using peer feedback and member control methods. By studying the literature and reviewing the background, 14 factors were extracted as effective factors in promoting the brand of higher education institutions. The findings also showed that the factors of reputation, physical facilities, library services and career development are more central and important than other factors in promoting the brand of higher education institutions. Also, using tools and techniques related to the fuzzy cognitive mapping approach and Ucinet software, the brand promotion model of higher education institutions and alternative scenarios for the promotion of higher education brand education institutions were presented.

Trying to anticipate, utilize and protect human resources is a way to plan and provide the required human resources for higher education institutes and universities. These institutes and universities usually provide their needed faculty members in the education and research section through different ways such as using “Providing Faculty Members through Calling Conscripts Law”, approved by the Parliament of Islamic Republic of Iran in 1986. This paper tried to investigate and study the history, importance, goals and process of accomplishing the “Providing Faculty Members through Calling Conscripts Law”. It also focused on the performance of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology supporting this law.

University system as a complex organization could have variety approaches to its management. Differentiating professionalism with managerialism is an important theoretical subject in university management. Managerialism in university system with such doctrines as market - like behaviors, rationality, economical performance, globalization and institutional competition supply new practical mechanisms to solve higher educational problems. Institutional learning, good governance and leadership are three strategic contingents that if to be considered in the process of changing university management model and design of higher educational strategy will result efficient managerialist models.