Designing Patterns of Higher Education Development in Iran's 2025 Vision

Sustainable development of any country depends on continuous improvement and efficacy of educational system, research structures and technological approaches. Making use of all potential resources and, consequently, reaching maximum efficacy requires a pattern which canguarantee the higher education development with its dynamic approach. The present study aimsto design patterns in higher education development,with a specialfocus on three main areas of education, research and technology. The ten effective factors include religious, social, economic, political, managerial-organizational, technological, geographical, demographical, security and time factors. Then, the significance, intensity and priority of each factor in higher education development are examined and the patterns are explained. Finally, the desired pattern is defined. The present paper is a fundamental research and, applying a systematic framework, has used viewpoints of scholars and library sources. The existing and possible approaches are analyzed and then, the best and most effective components in higher education development pattern are defined.