Factors affecting quality of higher education from the perspective of students at this stage

Subject Areas : Educational Science

abolghasem baremani ¹ (عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد نکا)
mohammad salehi ² (دانشیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد ساری)
mohammadreza sadeghi ³ (مدرس و کارشناس پژوهش دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد نکا)

Received: 2015-12-28 Accepted : 2015-12-28 Published : 2011-12-22

Keywords: teaching method - organizing educational content facilities - higher education quality,

Abstract :

Quality in higher education is not a fixed point and static, but it is a dynamic and a strategic goal and an Islamic duty. It is one of the fundamental issues that universities and educational institutions are facing. The purpose of this research study is to identify and rank factors in order to improve the quality of higher education in Islamic Azad University, branches, Mazandaran Province. The method of research is descriptive. The study units include all students of Islamic Azad University, Mazandaran Province, in the 88-89 school year with 4,589 students, form which, 357 persons were used as final samples. To collect information from a researcher-designed questionnaire was used. Its validity and related professionals have been approved by teachers and reliability coefficients of 0.92 was obtained using Cronbach's alpha formula. For data analysis SPSS software and statistical methods in descriptive and inferential level was used. The obtained results have shown that factors members, teaching method organizing educational content, university facilities, faculty members, status and students, status in order to improve the quality of higher education are effective, the influence of  members, status is more than other factors.