The Study of the Effective Factors in Improving Art Higher Education Quality in Iran

University education is considered as the highest level at academic training in every country and the missions of universities are to educate students, research and provide professional services, depending on the scientific development and society needs. Improving the quality of university training, the quality of teaching and learning process, and the quality of graduates’ skills are the tasks a higher education curriculum is assigned. Training and educating artistic forces and researchers, expanding art higher education in line with the needs of the society, increasing knowledge and empowering human resources who are active in art training are among the main goals of the higher education of art. Quality of art higher education has been afflicted with weaknesses and shortcomings in the structure of education and planning systems. The main purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting the art higher education quality. The research method is descriptive. The population consists of IRIB faculty members (140 people) and the sample was 103 people (completing and submitting the questionnaire). A researcher-madequestionnaire was used in order to collect the information. To measure the content validity, skilled art teachers were asked to give their opinions. The reliability was calculated as 91% through Cronbach’s alpha. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (one-sample t-test and Friedman’s average ranking test). The results show that educational, humanitarian, environmental and educational systems are respectively effective in improving the quality of the higher education of art.