Academic culture and its changes in Iran

Amis: One of the preconditions for the civilization is science production, which requires cultural, social and normative structures. One of the most important cultural tools is academic culture. Academic culture is different from the social, organizational and national culture. This research aimed to investigate the academic culture in Iran and the reasons for its changes. Methods: based on the findings of previous studies in connection with academic culture, In this research we evaluated the academic culture in Iran and its changes during the past 15 years (2000-2015) through the mix method (Quantitative including descriptive and Survey Qualitative including self- lived, exploration). Study population was official and visiting faculty members of management, humanities and technical college of, Islamic Azad university (North Tehran, Central Tehran and Yadegare Imam Khomeini branches), Tehran and Allameh Tabataba’i Universities and Farabi College . Data were collected through questionnaires and interviews. quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS version 21. Results: The results of research showed that apart from the influence of cultural, economical, social and political Conditions on, academic culture in Iran it is also affected by diverse cultural developments in Iranian society, unplanned spread of universities in response to the increasing educational demands, populism in universities, granting various scholarships . Currently the dominant culture in Iranian university culture is Hipponic. Discussion: According to the results of this research, the education and research environment of the studies Iranian universities is neither persuasive nor aspirant environment for learning, training and research. Uninformed Imitation and lack of questioning system, limit the scientific development and transfer of skills to the students. Our study showed that academic culture in Iran, is changing with a steep slope. This Changes are not promising scientific excellence, instead in some ways violates academic dignity and hinders the Country’s scientific development. Scientific position and academic situation looks critical, especially in the humanities field. which affect the knowledge creation, especially in the humanities field.