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Purpose: The school principals’ competence plays an important role in improving the education system. As a result, this study aimed to investigate and present the competency model of high school principals. Methodology: The current research was applied in terms of purpose and mixed (qualitative and quantitative) in terms of implementation. In the qualitative part, the research population was the educational management experts of Guilan province in the academic year of 2021-22, and according to the principle of theoretical saturation, 15 of them were selected as a sample using targeted and snowball sampling methods. In the quantitative part, the research population was the principals of the second year high school in Guilan province in the academic year 2021-22, and according to the table of Krejcie and Morgan, 127 of them were selected as a sample by stratified random sampling method. The research instrument was a semi-structured interview in the qualitative part and a researcher-made questionnaire in the quantitative part, whose psychometric indicators were checked and confirmed. The data of the qualitative part were analyzed by open, axial and selective coding method in Maxqda software, and the data of the quantitative part were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis method in Amos software. Findings: The results of the qualitative section showed that 137 indicators, 17 components and 5 dimensions were identified for the competence of high school principals; so as to include the dimensions of belief (with the components of cognition, belief, value and behavior), rational (with the components of discretion power, future studies and effective decision-making), personal (with the components of creating a positive environment, needs assessment, mental health and the flourishing of talents), managerial (with the components of human/general skills, perceptual/maturity skills and specialized/leadership skills) and educational (with the components of teaching and learning process, educational supervision and guidance, and educational evaluation). Also, the results of the quantitative section showed that the factor load and the average variance extracted of the dimensions and components were higher than 0.50 and their content validity and reliability ratio with Cronbach’s alpha method was higher than 0.80. In addition, the Competency model of high school principals had a good fit and each of the dimensions had a significant effect on the corresponding components and each of the components had a significant effect on the corresponding indicators (P<0.05). Conclusion: According to the competency model of high school principals, planning to improve and promote the competence of school principals through the identified dimensions, components and indicators seems necessary.

This article analyzes the transformation of Turkish foreign policy towards the Middle East during the turbulent years initiated with the Arab Spring. In due course, Turkish policy considerably shifted from proactive engagement with the region in the early 2000s to a bid to leading regional transformation, particularly in the initial years of the Arab Spring. However, the reversal of the Arab Spring increasingly presented a blowback for Türkiye’s regional engagements. The ensuing regional insecurity resulted in a realist turn in Turkish foreign policy, with frequent resort to military instruments and coercive diplomacy. Eventually, regional policies of Türkiye corresponded to the search for de-escalation and normalization within the emerging Middle Eastern order since 2020. The article argues that changing regional dynamics corresponding with domestic conditions influenced and shaped Türkiye’s policies towards the Middle East. Recently, under the impact of the regional-systemic pressures coupled with changing domestic conditions, recalibrating its regional engagement, Türkiye has prioritized the normalization agenda. It argues that while normalization agenda will remain an important objective for Türkiye’s regional policies, it will evolve in a partial manner, and case-by-case, conditional on the unfolding regional order and Ankara’s strategic priorities.

Purpose: comprehensive quality management is the art of managing the entire complex for accomplishing the best outcome. Thus, the present research was done to identify the dimensions and elements of comprehensive quality management at Islamic Azad University. Methodology: The present research was an applied research of qualitative type. The research population consisted of experts in comprehensive quality management and evaluation at Tehran City; according to the principle of theoretical saturation, the sample size was estimated 12 individuals, chosen through snowball and purposive sampling methods. The research instrument was a semi-in-depth interview whose validity was confirmed through triangulation method, and its reliability, via interrater consistency coefficient, was estimated above 0.71. The data were analyzed through coding method in MAXQDA-2018 Software. Findings: The coding results suggested that comprehensive quality management at Islamic Azad University had three dimensions of internal, external, and academic quality development along with service assessment. The internal dimension included elements of leadership, curricula planning, the staff competence level, competent faculty members, assessment quality, quality of the physical atmosphere, educational equity, information technology quality, feedback on performance, the students’ competence level as well as the curriculum. The external dimension included cultural, social, economic, geographical – environmental elements. Finally, the dimension of academic quality and service assessment included elements of commercialization, skills, economic development, responsivity, value creation, as well as development of academic quality and service assessment. Conclusion: considering the dimensions and elements identified for comprehensive quality management at Islamic Azad University, the ground could be provided for accomplishing comprehensive quality management as well as achieving useful and excellent outcomes.

Purpose: Considering the growing trend of education and training of entrepreneurs in the world and in our country, nurturing entrepreneurs and entering into business and creating their employment is one of the basic concerns and curiosities of the administrators in universities. Methodology: Therefore, the general purpose of the research, is the design of the model of education and training of entrepreneurs in Azad Islamic universities of Mazandaran province. The nature of the current research is exploratory and qualitative data is used in it. The statistical population of the research is experts and educational managers of Islamic Azad Universities. This group was selected to conduct the qualitative part of the research and participated in the interview process. In this field, the researcher used the snowball method to reach theoretical saturation, which reached theoretical saturation after in-depth interviews with 10 elites and experts. The data was collected using in-depth and semi-structured interviews and data analysis was done with the qualitative method of Foundation Data Theory. Findings: Based on the results, it was found that the factors affecting the education and training of entrepreneurs have three dimensions (contextual factors, causal factors and environmental factors) and consist of fifteen components. And it was shown that the consequences of education and training of entrepreneurs have 4 dimensions of improving entrepreneurial attitude, increasing well-being, continuous continuity and developing entrepreneurship with 14 components. And the strategies also have 2 dimensions, educational strategies and educational strategies. Its indicators are presented separately. Conclusion: The model of education and training of entrepreneurs to managers of Islamic Azad Universities can be used as a practical and comprehensive package in which many important details related to general concepts are seen, for all managers of Islamic Azad Universities and executive bodies in general. it is suggested.