Identifying the obstacles of implementing the strategic higher education plan

The current study aimed at identifying the obstacles in front of the implementation of Iran's strategic program of Ministry of Sciences, Researches and Technology according to the goals of the 2026 vision agenda. Statistical population was management professors of governmental universities of Tehran with total of 195 professors, of which a sample of 110 professors were chosen by means of Cochran formula in 2010-2011 academic years. The method used was descriptive survey. Quadruple dimensions Likret questionnaire which was prepared by Delphi technique was used for collecting information. And techniques of descriptive and analytical statistics were used to analyze findings. The test for hypotheses examination is nonparametric goodness evaluation test. Results of findings show that: successive changes of high-ranking managers, ignorance of quality promotion of human resources in accomplishment of strategic program, structural centralization in universities and lack of risk-taking institutes to commercialize the technology is seen as major obstacle in front of fulfillment of the 1404 vision agenda goals. Also samples were analyzed by Kruskal Wallis formula and results shows that there is no significant relation between scientific level, ages, and background of professors.