Sociology of higher education and presenting a management model for public universities (level one universities of Iran)

The purpose of this study is to Present a management model with a sociological perspective for public universities of Iran (Top universities) in 2018. The presented research was a quantitative descriptive-correlational study. The research population was the faculty members of level-one universities in Iran. Using proportionate stratified random sampling, 182 people were selected as the sample. The measurement instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire with 56 items. Cronbach's alpha, combined reliability, RHO_A reliability, and shared reliability were used to evaluate the reliability of the measuring instrument. The mean-variance was used to evaluate the content validity from the point of view of professors in the field of higher education and to evaluate the construct validity. Data were analyzed in SPSS and LISREL software by structural equation modeling. Based on the results obtained in the first-order factor analysis, 7 components with 38 indicators were approved, and in the second-order factor analysis, the components of quality evaluation, policy-making, management and leadership patterns, financial mechanisms, autonomy, government planning, and oversight, Had a sufficient factor to predict. The value of the GOF index (0.569) showed that the model designed for public universities' management is a good fit.