A presentation of pattern for Accreditation of Islamic Azad University (IAU)

The present study means to design a model for accreditation of Islamic Azad University which is essential for quality assurance and improvement in the age of super complexity of multiversity in the third millennium. The review of history of higher education revealed lack of any pattern for accreditation in Iran. The purpose of the study was to design a pattern for accreditation of IAU and attempted on obviating this shortcoming. The study adopted a descriptive method and a survey design. The population of the presidents of universities, teaching assistants, deans and department administrators and faculty members of the 79 people working at the Islamic Azad University were included. 260 people were selected based on Morgan & Kerjeci tables. The participants were selected using stratified random sampling. Both library and field studies were conducted to collect the data. In order to collect field data, a researcher-made questionnaire was developed that included 28 items on a 7-point Likert scale. Collected data was classified in SPSS environment and confidence coefficient was calculated by Cronbach Alpha method(0/83) .The proposed pattern was approved by 91/2 percent of the respondents and faculty members 96/1 percent (very suitable). Therefore, regarding results and their approval by previous researches and available theories, we could conclude that submitted framework have theoretical & empirical support and enough validity, so its implementation was suggested for Islamic Azad University units.