strengthening the participation of the nongovernmental sector in financing higher education
Subject Areas :
atiyeh
dadjoye tavakloli
1
MohammadAli
Hosseini
2
Mostafa
Niknami
3
(Allameh Tabataba’I University)
Mohammad Javad
Salehi
4
(مؤسسه پژوهش و برنامه ریزی آموزش عالی)
Keywords: participation, nongovernmental sector, financing, higher education,
Abstract :
The purpose of study is to provide a model for the participation of the nongovernmental sector in higher education financing. By examining theoretical foundations and researches, a number of indicators and factors influencing the ways of financing higher education were identified and then during a semi-structured interview with 12 faculty members who had experience in financing ways, A total of 50 indicators were identified and then, by the content validity of the indicators adjusted and finally were approved by the experts for 11 factors influencing and based on the obtained indicators, a questionnaire with 41 items was formulated. The questionnaire distributed and collected in a field study among 392 faculty members of the Humanities University of Tehran province, which were selected by available sampling method. The results showed that in state universities, the government had the largest share and the creation of a higher education bank had the lowest share in funding. While in private universities, students (tuition) have had the largest share of contributions and loans or loans from international institutions having had the smallest share in funding.
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