Future oriented approach in policy making for technology universities based on environmental scanning of higher education trends

Bashiri, Hassan; Hoseini Moghaddam, Mohammad; Sani Ejlal, Maryam; Iran Nejad, Mehdi

doi:10.22047/ijee.2014.5804

Future oriented approach in policy making for technology universities based on environmental scanning of higher education trends

Document Type : Scientific - Research

Authors

Hassan Bashiri

Mohammad Hoseini Moghaddam ¹

Maryam Sani Ejlal ²

Mehdi Iran Nejad

¹ Faculty Member of Department of Futures Studies, Imam Khomeini International University, Hamedan, Iran.

² Faculty Member of National Research Institute for Science Policy, Hamedan, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22047/ijee.2014.5804

Abstract

Universities are the most important drivers for the development of countries. Regarding their roles in human education and training, universities have been considered in decision and policy making. The role of technology universities in entrepreneurship and innovation development and also in economic/technological progress is remarkable. So it is expected that Iranian technology universities be prominent actors in country,s development. These universities are not separated from environmental changes in higher education field. Therefore national and international changes play important role in their acts. Technology universities have to consider national needs to improve knowledge and human skills on the one hand and international competitiveness on the other. In this research we attempted to propose a model of policy for technology universities. The research exploited document content analysis, trend analysis and workshop method to extrapolate important trends.

Keywords

Environmental Scanning

Trend Analysis

university of technology

Futures Studies