Accountability System; A way to achieve university good governance

Hossein Ahmadi Rezaei¹ Mostafa Edjtehadi² Nader goli Ghourchian³ Amir hossein Mohammad davoudi⁴

1) PhD graduate of Islamic Azad University,Science and Research Branch of Tehran, Iran
2) Associate professor and head of the Society Depatment, Shahid Beheshti university
3) Full professor and head of the higher education administration Department,Islamic Azad University,Science and Research Branch of Tehran
4) َAssistant professor of Islamic Azad University, Saveh Branch

IOI Code : XYCG-AEBAF
Publication : international conference of Management Elites(icme.ir)
Abstract :
    This was a descriptive research and its aim was to examine and assess the state of accountability of university branches to their external stakeholders. At first, on the base of the library research, the researcher studied many articles and books to find out and determine the essential components of university accountability and provided for ten higher education specialists to have their opinions about them. Besides, he studied Islamic Azad University rules and regulations and also interviewed with university chancellors, Deans, Head of the Department and academic staff with regard to accountability of the branches. Since the gathering of data was done by questionnaire and interviews, therefore it was a mixed method. The instrument for gathering data was a researcher-made questionnaire with a five- point Likert scale and its calculated Alpha was ./953. This means that the instrument was reliable. Data were obtained randomly from university stakeholders on the base of Morgan table (320) at Islamic Azad University branches in Qazvin province. The data were analyzed using percentage and five-point Likert scale to objectively determine the state of accountability for good governance of their branches from the view points of five internal stakeholders of the university. The analysis of data in relation to research questions were investigated, using one-sample t-test by means of version 18 of SPSS software. The findings indicated that the state of accountability was not sufficient to govern the university well. At the end, the issue under the investigation was analyzed and some solutions were given to increase the accountability of the Islamic Azad University branches.

Keywords : islamic azad university good governance accountability autonomy