Identifying Ranking Indicators Based on Third Generation Universities Approach (Case Study: Macro-Medical Universities of Region One)

The main objerctive of the current study was to identify the ranking indicators based on the characteristics of third-generation universities of macro Medical Universities in region 1. Methods and Materials: This applied study was conducted with a mixed approach using a qualitative and quantitative approach with exploratory design. In the qualitative section, the Delphi method was used, and in quantitative part, the descriptive survey method was applied. In the qualitative section, the statistical population consisted 10 were selected by purposive sampling method based on saturation law, and 320 faculty members were selected as the sample using stratified random sampling method based on Cochran's formula out of 1851 subjects. In order to collect the data, 2 questionnaires were used. The face and content validity of the tools were approved. To analyze the data, the SPSS21 and PLS3.2 software were used.

The results showed that ranking indicators had 8 dimensions of strategies, organization and leadership, education and culture, finance, interaction with the environment, performance and quality, technology and business and authority and reputation, among which the dimension of technology and business with a path coefficient of 0.796 and the R2 value of 0.634 had the highest impact on third generation universities and according to Friedman test, the first rank was given to the fiannce with a value of 5.49.

The results of structural equation test showed that the impact of ranking indicators on the characteristics of the third generation university was significant.