Pathology of the regulations for delegation of the curriculum authority to universities and higher education institutions(2016)

The purpose of the present study is to determine the pathology of the regulations for delegation of the curriculum authority to universities and higher education institutions. The research community is all faculty members of the Department of Educational Sciences of the Schools of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the State Universities. A sample of 81 people was selected from this population, through multi-stage cluster sampling. The research method is quantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional survey. A researcher-made questionnaire of 61 questions was used for collecting data. Cronbach's alpha (0.92) and content validity ratio (0.71) techniques was used to determine the reliability and validity of the tools. Single sample T-test and Friedman test was used for data analysis. The findings of the study indicate that the overall status of the Code of Conduct and the executive dimension are favorable from the viewpoint of the respondents. There was a significant difference at the 0.05 level regarding the ranking of the main dimensions of executive and content of the by-laws.