Identifying Factors Related to the Unity of the Seminary and the University (Mixed Approach)

The aim of this study was to identify the problems of seminary and university communication and provide appropriate solutions. In this research, sequential exploratory combined research method has been used. In a quantitative part of the theory derived from the data and in the qualitative part, descriptive survey method has been used. The research instrument was semi-structured interview and a researcher-made questionnaire was made in the qualitative section. Purposive sampling method was used in the qualitative section. The number of samples in this study was 20 based on the principle of theoretical saturation, but to ensure more than the results of the interview, up to 25 people continued and validation was done through believability, transferability, reliability and verifiability. In a quantitative part, stratified random sampling was used and content method was used for validity of the questionnaire and Cronbach's alpha was calculated to be 0.91. The findings show that the main components of the problem are the relationship between the seminary and the university including conflict, epistemology, cognition and attitude. Also, the findings in the quantitative section show that from the perspective of the seminarians and the university, conflict is the most important cause of the problems of interaction between the seminary and the university. The most important factor in creating problems between the seminary and the university has been expressed from the perspective of the seminarians, the influence of the enemy in the university and the seminary, and the attempt to create divisions between the two groups and from the university's point of view, the lack of an atmosphere of convergence and lack of familiarity with each other's insights and attitudes.