Application of Higher Education Model in Commercialization, Knowledge and Responding to the Needs of the Study Society: Comprehensive and Very Large Units of Islamic Azad University

The present study was conducted with the aim of applying the higher education model in commercializing knowledge and responding to the needs of society in comprehensive and large units of Islamic Azad University.

This research was applied in terms of purpose, and in terms of method in the category of qualitative data foundation research and exploratory type, was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, while studying the research literature, 18 in-depth and semi-structured interviews using theoretical purposive sampling (including 15 faculty members and 3 experts in the industry) required data that has reached saturation were collected. In order to analyze the data collected from the interviews, based on the systematic approach of Strauss and Carbin, it was implemented in three stages of open, axial and selective coding.

At the end, a summary of the formulated model was presented to 4 professors, and their opinions were collected for correction and adjustment. To evaluate the reliability of the data, the criteria of the foundation data theory, including comprehensibility and conformity. , Controllability, and the generality of Strauss and Carbin (2008) were carefully examined. In the second phase, the results of the analysis were compiled in the form of a questionnaire and the first stage of Delphi was performed on 15 people and by calculating the Kendall agreement coefficient of 0.564, 25 components were removed. Then the second and third stages of Delphi were performed on 15 and 12 experts, respectively. Considering that a significant coefficient of less than 5% was obtained for all components, no components were removed in the second and third stages of Delphi, and the Kendall agreement coefficient was calculated to be 0.600 and 0.788, respectively, indicating a consensus Strong among members.

Finally, the research model was developed with 6 main categories and 43 sub-categories.