Formulation of a Pattern of University Administration Using the Grounded Theory Approach

The present paper aims to formulate a pattern of university administration using the grounded theory approach. The participants included 22 faculty members having valuable experiences in the area of higher education management. The data were collected using in-depth interviews, and the texts of the interviews were analyzed using a content-analysis method. Administration, at both levels, was affected by some factors, including the attitude to the position and role of universities in different areas, main actors in the administration of universities and their interrelationships, public policies at national and regional levels, and the broad role of governments. The present study mainly focused on quality of the the beneficiaries’ participation in the administraion of universities. The structure of the beneficiares’ participation, the intellectual pattern common among the beneficiaries, and the operational-managerial patterns used by higher education managers were discussed and, accordingly, a final model was psoposed.