students views about the situation of Agricultural Higher Education system in Iran; Challengeas nd Solutions (A CaseS tudy of Ramin Agriculture and Natural ResourcesU niversity)

Higher educationp rogressh as an importantr ole in developmentA. griculturale ducationh asv ery significanrt ole in agriculturagl rowtha nda lso,a chievementot holistica nds ustainabldee velopmentdependso n existenceo f enoughe ducatedm anpower.l n spite of reaching achievementsa nd with payinga ttentiont o countryss ituation,i t shouldc onfessth at agdcultual higher educations ystem has beenf acing many challengesa nd dilemmasi n Iransp resents ituationi ncluding: $aduate's unemploymenlta, ck enougha warenesosf studentsa bouta griculturaal cademicm ajorsi mportance and function, lack of effective interaction between educational departments and farmers and low qualityo f instructionaml ethodsl,a ck of studentste ndencye speciallyth e elites,t owarda griculturalrnajorsa nd so on. The main purposeo f this study was the investigationo f agriculturalh igher educations ystem's ituationa ndi dentificationo f its mainp roblemsa ndc hallengefsr om view point of studentsT. he studyu seda descriptives urveym ethodT. he statisticapl opulationw as5 50 students who were at bachelor level in different agdculture majors at Ramin Agriculture and Natural ResourcesU niversity.T his study was carriedo ut thrcughr andoms amplingm ethoda nd at first samples izew asd etermineda s 70 respondentuss ingC ockansf ormulaa ndt heni t wasi ncreasetdo 100 due to specialistsa dvicei n this regard.T otally,9 2 questionnairefsil led by studentsa nd for analyzingd ata,S PSSwins oftwarew as used.D ata analysisr evealedth at 55'3 percento f students hadi nadequatien formationa boutt heir majorsw hent heyh ad chosenth ema ndo nly 10.6p ercenot fstudentsh ad enoughi nformationi n this regard.A lso, only 10.1p ercento f them believedt hat the agriculturals tudentss elections ystemi s appropriateA. ccordingt o the findings, 86.8 percento f studentsb elievedth at their contactw ith farmersw asl ow. On the baiso f analysiso f variancet,h ere was significantd ifferenceb etweens tudentsw ho had high awarenesosf their majorsa nd students who hadt he low awarenesisn tennso f their motivationw hent heyh adc hosenth eir majors'.