TY - JOUR T1 - Financing Public Education in Iran: An Action Plan AU - Ansari, Abdollah JO - International Business Management VL - 10 IS - 15 SP - 3070 EP - 3076 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1993-5250 DO - ibm.2016.3070.3076 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.3070.3076 KW - Financing KW -public education KW -accreditation of policy KW -delphi method KW -Iran AB - Financing education in Iran has faced a serious crisis and therefore developing a plan to ensure adequate financial resources has become necessary. This study is a research report in which the mentioned plan has been developed by answering to the question “from the perspective of experts and scholars what are the categories and the order of priority of policies and actions related to financing educatio? “In this regard, draft of a plan was prepared with documentary method and it was validated by using mixed method and Delphi method. Then by designing a questionnaire (including 7 policies and 55 actions) they were prioritized by quintet groups of professors, planners, executors and authorities and then the results were analyzed by using Kruskal-Wallis and Friedman’s tests. The results showed that from the perspective of experts, triple policies of convincing the government to perform duties stipulated in the constitution in order to ensure adequate finance, encouraging participation of governmental and public institutions (non-educational) in financing education and development of organized public participation through education councils of different districts are prioritized, respectively. Then, the actions were also prioritized and the consistency of views of quintet groups on determining the priorities were assessed. ER -