The Recognition and Ranking of the Dimensions of University Autonomy with Reason and Cause Approaches for the Efficiency of Islamic Azad Universities

The general purpose of this study was to identify and rank the dimensions of academic independence with causal and causal approaches in Islamic Azad universities of Mazandaran province. This research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of method. The statistical population consisted of all faculty members of Islamic Azad universities of Mazandaran province in the number of 1537 people who were selected as a sample using stratified random sampling method based on Cochran's formula. To collect data, a researcher-made questionnaire of academic independence with a reason-oriented and causal approach with 73 questions was used. The face and content validity of the tool was confirmed by experts and its structural validity was also confirmed. Their combined reliability and Cronbach's alpha value were also calculated above 0.7, which is confirmed. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to analyze the data. the results showed that; Academic independence with a reason-oriented approach has three dimensions "scientific independence, intellectual independence and independence in national and transnational relations" and the dimension of scientific independence with four components (research, curriculum and educational planning, scientific freedom and evaluation and quality assurance Programs), the dimension of intellectual independence has three components (preservation of intellectual property, intellectual criticism and intellectual and cultural production and promotion) and the dimension of independence in national and transnational relations has two components (communications, methods and policies). Be. The dimension of scientific independence has the highest rank and the dimension of independence in national and transnational relations has the lowest rank. Also, academic independence with a causal approach has two dimensions of "organizational independence and financial independence" and the dimension of organizational independence has five components (goals, policies and rules, quality assessment and assurance, planning and services, administrative and internal affairs, provision Manpower) and the dimension of financial independence has two components (obtaining and financing the budget and allocating the budget and accumulating its surplus), the dimension of financial independence has the highest rank and the dimension of organizational independence has the lowest rank.