Analyzing the dimensions and components of university governance with a transformational approach
Subject Areas :Someyeh Jahanshiri 1 , Mohammad Nourian 2 , Abas Madandar Arani 3
1 - PhD student, Department of Higher Education Management, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Educational Planning, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
Keywords: Governance, governance models, transformational approach, synthesis research, higher education system,
Abstract :
The most key factor of changes; Technological developments, social and economic developments, and globalization developments are the ones that all areas of human life have been affected by and have planned the basis of their life relationships based on those developments. Therefore, the developments of higher education governance are not exempted from this rule, but have been influenced by it. The purpose of this study is to investigate the components and elements of university governance and to design the native model of Iranian universities through understanding the relationship and role of each of them.In this research, based on synthesis research and meta-study (meta-composition), 87 components (indices) were obtained from 40 valid articles, which were confirmed by 30 experts using the Delphi technique. After analyzing the governance indicators in higher education, it was found that these indicators are in six larger dimensions and in 2 parts: internal factors (management systems and its processes, open and responsive and responsible system, participation of internal stakeholders) and external factors (governance and institutional independence, financial independence, academic freedom, participation of foreign stakeholders). To understand the phenomenon of higher education, paying attention to the institutional roots and balance of power in modern higher education systems is Clark's triangle, which distinguishes between the government control model, the Humboldt model (rule by academics) and the American-English market-oriented model. Based on the obtained results, it can be concluded that university management and governance is a multi-dimensional matter that the planners of the higher education system can use the results of this study in line with the transformation of Hamrani at its different levels.
