Emphasis on Quality Evaluation and Accreditation in the Iranian Higher Education System In line of Superior Documents (Actions, Challenges and Strategies

Nowadays, quality evaluation and accreditation are the necessity of higher education systems worldwide. Different countries are seeking to continuously improve the quality of their higher education system by applying evaluation methods. In this regard, in Iran, after the quantitative development of higher education in response to social demand, the concern regarding quality challenge has been raised, followed by considering it in the upstream documents. Besides, over the past decade, some quality measures have been undertaken. The importance of this issue is to the extent that the policies of the supreme leader in the field of science and technology have also explicitly referred to the strengthening of evaluation and accreditation systems. Accordingly, this article intends to review and analyze the actions taken in this field after more than a decade of experience in a quality assessment and accreditation system in the country. Then, it identifies challenges and provides solutions to improve and enhance it.