Generational change in the academic life of Iran (Case study: University of Tehran, Tarbiat Modares and Shahid Beheshti)

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Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran

10.22084/csr.2024.26917.2156

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In recent decades, there have been changes in the University of Iran that are worth considering. The purpose of this study is a qualitative study of the generational changes of academics and its causes and consequences in the last half century. The research method is qualitative and the underlying theory is used. Samples were purposefully selected from among the professors of all three universities of Tehran, Tarbiat Modares and Shahid Beheshti. Data were saturated with 52 exploratory interviews and analyzed with Atlas IT software. The findings showed that ethics and adherence to academic norms are moving towards union affairs and promotion. Money and profit have gone beyond science. The method of socialization has been reduced from teacher-student to student-centered. Face-to-face emotional communication has become a face-to-face scientific interaction. The tradition of staying on campus has changed to off-campus activities. The result is that despite the similarities between the three generations, there has been a change in the academic lifestyle of academics, and the elite educational university is moving towards a mass university and a research entrepreneur. Monetization of science has affected its intrinsic values and quantity has overcome quality.

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Two Quarterly Journal of Contemporary Sociological Research

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 03 September 2024

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