ارزيابي كيفيت دوره هاي مراكز آموش عالي جهاد كشاورزي خراسان رضوي بر مبناي مدل سيپ

Assessing the quality of applied science education based on CIPP model at Agriculture Higher Education Center of Khorasan Razavi

The study aimed to assess the quality of educational courses at Agriculture Higher Education Center of Khorasan Razavi, based on the CIPP model in academic year 2006-2007. With relying to the human factorsʹ viewpoints for assessing the quality, respondents were selected by two separate sampling types; one for random and one for census. The statistic population was composed of students (107 respondents), graduated who was arrived in 2004 to the center (45), educational managers (8), faculty members (10) and non-academic staff (16). The questionnaire composed from two types of questions including open-end and closed-end ones. It was applied a semi-structured interview in addition to the questionnaire just for managers and faculty members. After approving the validity, it was measured Chronbachʹs Alpha with a .84% to approve the reliability of the questionnaire. Data was analyzed by SPSS Win v10. The results showed the most critical points in the Process and the less in the Input based on CIPP model. It was distinguished the critical points of the quality of educational courses at Agriculture Higher Education Center of Khorasan Razavi as: support system, administration system, a defined program for development, application system, guidance and consulting services, welfare system and facilities, workshop space, performance management, supportive operations, extra curricula activities, departmentsʹ leading, management style, the program and its control operations, decision making procedure, and the faculty members performance regarding to studentsʹ guidance and consulting.