نشریه مهارت های روانشناسی تربیتی
سال دهم شماره 2 (پیاپی 38، تابستان 1398)

One of the factors for the success of educational systems in developed countries is the independence of higher education environments. Therefore, the general purpose of this study is to identify and rank the dimensions of academic independence with a causal approach through a case study in the Islamic Azad University of Mazandaran. The research method was descriptive. From the statistical population of 1537 faculty members of Mazandaran Azad University, 308 people were selected by stratified random sampling method based on academic rank (instructor, assistant professor, associate professor and professor). Data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with 37 questions, the validity of which was confirmed by experts. The Cronbach's alpha value of the questionnaire was also calculated above 0.7, which confirmed its reliability. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis and SPSS and PLS software were used to analyze the data. The results showed that academic independence with a causal approach has two dimensions of "organizational independence and financial independence". Also, among the dimensions of academic independence with a causal approach, they have the highest rank in the dimension of financial independence and the lowest rank in the dimension of organizational independence.