Analysis of student's academic burnout in Iran's public higher education system: identification of determinants and strategies

the main purpose of identifying the determinants of student's academic burnout in Iran's public higher education system and providing solutions for its reduction. The statistical population of the research in the quantitative section included all university and institute's students of higher education affiliated to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology in Iran. Using a randomized stratified sampling method, 2635 questionnaires were distributed among students. The results of this study indicated that a significant percentage of changes in the variance of academic burnout among the students in public higher education system were due to the ineffective variables of teaching, cultural factor, scientific cheating, economy-oriented education, family problems, faculty academic and behavioral weaknesses, infrastructure related problems, supportive-motivational factors and personality characteristics of students are explained and anticipated. In the second part, Delphi method was used to identify appropriate strategies for reducing academic burnout among students of public higher education system with regard to its determinants. In this section after the implementation of three stages, 32 strategies were identified, of which two thirds of the participants agreed on their importance in reducing academic burnout among the students. The findings of this study provides theoretical and practical achievements to help policymakers, planners, administrators and educators of the public higher education system to reduce the academic burnout among students.