Identifying Dimensions And Elements Accountability of Universities to Labor Market, Using Metasynthesis Method

Accountibility is one of necessities of an efficient and serving system. Due to unemployment wave especially in higher educated graduates in Iran, universities are accused of insufficiency in responding to labor market, which should be identified and presented by studying different dimesions of this subject. Accordingly.

To investigate dimensions of accountability of universities to labor market by using metasynthesis method, with applicable goal and metasynthesis data collection. Primary literature review consisted of 343 related studies. After initial screening, 201 articles and documents are selected to extract findings.

The researsh implies 19 elements through 3dimensions: educational, skill and research  dimension (8 elemants), curriculum dimension (7 elements), management and structural dimension (4elements).

Special attention of higher education policy makers and planners to the 19 components resulting from this research, including: providing skills training based on the labor market, formulating practical curricula according to the needs of the labor market, more attention of the heads and board of trustees of the university for accountability in the labor market, stakeholder participation in curriculum design, motivation and capacity building of faculty members in training graduates suitable for the labor market in each field and moving towards applied and demand-oriented education and research; can reduce the gap between the current situation and the favorable situation of universities and provide an important step towards responding to the labor market, especially reducing unemployment and increasing the satisfaction of graduates and business owners and the labor market.