Journal of Research in Educational Systems

Abstract Objective: This research aims to develop and critically examine a model of employability for higher education graduates, with an emphasis on the strategic document of Persian Gulf University.
Method: The study consists of two main phases. Initially, a model for the employability of higher education graduates is identified and developed using qualitative content analysis and interviews with academic and industry experts. After identifying the model, a critical approach is taken to analyze the strategic document of Persian Gulf University, exploring the aspects of student employability and examining the alignment and divergence of the identified model with the aforementioned document.
Results: In the first phase, based on the perspectives of higher education experts, 15 key features were identified for the employability development model of higher education graduates. These features include: job-oriented educational assessment and planning, development of education and counseling, industry connections, pre-university evaluation, attention to documents, consideration of cultural capacities, development of applied research, monitoring of new technologies, promotion of cultural and educational activities, establishment of monitoring and evaluation systems, training in real work environments, utilization and development of skilled human resources in employment, strengthening and developing employment infrastructure, economic planning and empowerment, and sustainable planning. In the second phase, the strategic document of Persian Gulf University was analyzed and interpreted at three levels: description, interpretation, and explanation.
Conclusions: Persian Gulf University lacks coherence and homogeneity in its employment policy-making, necessitating the adoption of macro approaches and directives from national science and technology policy-making bodies to accelerate regional development.

Abstract The purpose of the present study, which is descriptive-analytic, is to investigate and assess the level of development and explanation of the gap between the cities of Ardebil province in terms of educational indicators. Information about 53 indicators in the form of physical facilities educational and educational spaces, educational facilities for students, Students 'academic achievement, economic productivity indices, human resource indices by referring to the statistical and libraries' annual reports, institutional indicators, non-cognitive indices and process indicators were also collected through a questionnaire. Information about the province's education and training, population and housing censuses, statistical yearbooks, and computer data from Iran's Statistics Center have been gathered. SPSS software version 20 and Excel2016 have been used to perform computations. Using Vicon models and the entropy weighing method, the ranking of education and training areas of the province has been carried out. Then, through statistical models such as regression analysis and analysis of variance, ANP network analysis process has been used to analyze the factors affecting the development of education areas in Ardabil province. Finally, the most influential indicators were identified. Based on the findings, Ardebil city ranked first in the first rank and in the city of Aslandoz.