The Relationship between Democracy and Academic Degrees
Subject Areas : EducationFariba pilvar 1 , Hosein Rahmanseresht 2 , Fattah Sharifzade 3 , Jamshid Salehi sadaghiani 4
1 - Department of Government Management,South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Department of Government Management,South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Department of Government Management,South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Department of Government Management,South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: "Democracy", "Academic Degree", "Universities", "Graduate Student Ranking", "Attraction of Foreign Students",
Abstract :
In the last two decades, as the globalization of universities has taken place, the governance structures of countries have influenced their policy making and this has led to changes in policies, particularly in higher education policy making and in promoting academic scholarship. Has attracted and attracted international students. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the intensity of democracy in the country which is the basis for the scientific promotion of universities. For this purpose, referring to the statistics and information of 16 countries which are more or less in the geographical area of the Islamic Republic of Iran and have some features in common with our country and rank their universities (of course in terms of country statistics) with The partial least squares method is analyzed. The results show that between the indicators of democracy, the dimensions of government functions and free elections, there is a significant and positive impact on the academic rank of universities, which can make countries more developed or more developed. Becoming a contributor and eventually developing these countries can be more effective in attracting international students.
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