[1] Santiago, Paulo, Tremblay, Karine, Basri, Ester, & Arnal, Elena. (2008). Tertiary education for the knowledge society (Vol. 1): OECD Paris
[2] Block, Betty Ann. (2016). The professoriate and the future of higher education kinesiology. Quest, 68(3), 229-239. doi: 10.1080/00336297.2016.1180307.
[3] Ju, Rong, Buldakova, Natalya V, Sorokoumova, Svetlana N, Sergeeva, Marina G, Galushkin, Alexander A, Soloviev, Andrey A, & Kryukova, Nina I. (2017). Foresight methods in pedagogical design of university learning environment. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(8), 5281-5293. doi:10.12973/eurasia.2017.01003a.
[4] Ahmadi, M. & Norozi, Kh. (2015) Investigating Strategies of Financing Educational Activities for Selected Universities. Journal of Science and Technology Policy. 4(3), 47-64. doi: 20.1001.1.24767220.1393.04.3.3.6. {In Persian}
[5] Ahanchian Mohammad Reza. (2012) Academic bureaucracy: issues and challenges. Iranian Journal of Higher Education. 5 (4). {In Persian}
[6] Ghiasi Nodooshan, Saeed & Khalili, Ebrahim. (2018). Government and university autonomy. State Studies. 4(14), 183-232. doi:10.22054/tssq.2018.9078. {In Persian}
[7] Bagheri Moghadam, Nasser, & Ahmadi, Hassan. (2019). Pathology of governance in the Iranian higher education system. Public Policy Quarterly, 4 (4), 55-74. doi: 10.22059 / ppolicy.2019.69717. {In Persian}
[8] Jafari Sani, H., et al. (2017). Challenges and problems of guaranteeing the quality of higher education with an emphasis on state universities and higher education centers in Iran, 12th National Conference on Quality Assessment in University Systems. {In Persian}
[9] Qoruneh, Davood, Heidari Tashe Kaboud, Akbar, & Sanaeipour, Fatemeh. (2018).Pathology of higher education Spatial planning in Iran; the First Step of regional governance. Approach, 29 (75), 43-54. doi: 10.22034/RAHYAFT.2019.13789. {In Persian}
[10] Naghizadeh, Reza. (2019). A policy framework for the challenges of implementing regional higher education management in Iran. Quarterly Journal of Research and Planning in Higher Education, 25(3), 99-122. {In Persian}
[11] Goddard, John B, & Chatterton, Paul. (1999). Regional Development Agencies and the knowledge economy: harnessing the potential of universities. Environment and planning C: Government and Policy, 17(6), 685-699. doi:10.1068/c170685.
[12] Malekinia, Emad, Bazargan, Abbas, Vaezi, Mozafaredin, & Ahmadian, Majid. (2014). Identification and prioritization of sustainable university's factors. Quarterly Journal of Research and Planning in Higher Education, 20(3), 1-26.
[13] Shaverdi, M., & Soltani, B. (2019). Geographical Proximity: A tool for Supporting Innovation. Journal of science and technology policy, 11(2). doi: 20.1001.1.20080840.1398.12.2.21.6. {In Persian}
[14] Bouzari, Sima. (2016). Higher education spatial planning in the geographical area of the country. Quarterly Journal of Research and Planning in Higher Education, 22.75-49, (2). {In Persian}
[15] Yousefi, Hadi. (1401) expert report entitled "Reviewing the state of governance of higher education in 10 countries in terms of administrative structure, financing and evaluation and quality assurance and presenting policy approaches", Majlis Research Center, serial number: 18263. {In Persian}
[16] Naghizadeh, Reza. (2020). Investigation of Solutions for Implementing Regional Management Based on the Document of Spatial Planning of Higher Education in I.R. Iran. Approach, 29 (75), doi:19-27. 10.22034/RAHYAFT.2019.13787. {In Persian}
[17] Marandi, Hadi Razzaq, Zadeh, Khorram Rahim, & F, Ghorban Khajeh. (2013). Institutional autonomy in the Iranian public universities affiliated with the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. Iranian Journal of Higher Education, 5 (4), 137-163. {In Persian}
[18] Zakersalehi, Gholamreza. (2013). Study of legal capacities of academic independence in Iran. Iranian Journal of Higher Education, 20 (5), 23-55. {In Persian}
[19] Kousari, Sahar. (2019). Vision of Higher Education System Functions with Regional Management. Approach, 29 (75), 1-18. doi: 10.22034 / rahyaft.2019.13786. {In Persian}
[20] Rohani, Maghsoud, Faraskhah; Reza, Maniei; Shadi. (2016). The need for decentralization and the future of good governance in higher education with emphasis on the self-regulatory capacities of the regions in the country and the regional planning of the land. retrieved from Institute for Research and Planning in Higher Education. {In Persian}
[22] Naghizadeh, Reza. (2018). Report on the current situation and identify and prioritize challenges. National Research Institute for Science Policy (NRISP) {In Persian}
[23] Nili, Mohammad Reza. (2013). Planning-Based Planning in Higher Education (Requirements, Challenges, and Strategies) Case Study: Higher Education Planning in Isfahan Province. Iranian Journal of Higher Education, 5 (3). {In Persian}
[24] Samari, Isa; Garainejad, Gholamreza. (2013). A Look at the Conceptual Position of Higher Education Planning in Land Management: A Guide to "University Development" in Iranian Higher Education, Iranian Journal of Higher Education, 5 (3). {In Persian}
[25] Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. (2012). Higher education document of the country based on planning. Retrieved from Tehran. {In Persian}
[26] Vahidi, Paridokht. (1995). Evaluation of land management studies in Iran from the perspective of higher education. Research and Planning in Higher Education, 10, 41-60. {In Persian}
[27] Soruri, Hamed, & colleagues. (2018). The initial framework of the regulations for the recruitment and promotion of faculty members of the country's universities based on the declaration of the second step of the Islamic Revolution. Retrieved from Tehran. {In Persian}
[28] Radenjad, Niloofar. (2018). The future of land development; Analysis of the effect of demographic change on regional development on the horizon of 1424. (M.Sc. Thesis in Futurology), Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran {In Persian}
[29] Méthot, Josée, Huang, Xiyu, & Grover, Himanshu. (2015). Demographics and societal values as drivers of change in the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River basin. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 41, 30-44. doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2014.11.001.
[30] Drápelová, Vendula, Verter, Nahanga, & Hübelová, Dana. (2016). Demogeographic Analysis to Support the Optimum Realization of the Strategy of Regional Development in the Administrative District of Municipality of Valašské Meziříčí. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 64(4), 1311-1323. doi: 10.11118/actaun201664041311.
[31] King, Roger. (2009). Governing universities globally: Organizations, regulation and rankings. Edward Elgar Publishing.
[32] Institute for Research and Planning in Higher Education, (2016). The regional network of universities in the country and the delegation of structural authority to the university districts and the promotion of the level of self-regulation of the districts and the university independence, Futures Studies Committee. {In Persian}
[33] Kousari, Sahar, & Ahmadi, Hassan. (2019). Requirements for implementing higher education regional management. Paper presented at the Higher Education Organization Conference: Scenarios Ahead. https://civilica.com/doc/970434 Retrieved from: Tehran. {In Persian}
[34] Bouzari, Sima. (2015). Spatial analysis approach in the trend of higher education development. Quarterly Journal of Research and Planning in Higher Education, 21(2), 105-128. {In Persian}
[35] Center for Research, Development and Foresight. (2018). The future of higher education: Challenges and solutions. Retrieved from Tehran. {In Persian}
[36] Entezari, Yagoub. (2018). Analyzing the impact of university on regional development in Iran. Journal of Research and Planning in Higher Education, 24 (2), 1-25. {In Persian}
[37] Filippakou, Ourania, Salter, Brian, & Tapper, Ted. (2012). Higher education as a system: the English experience. Higher Education Quarterly, 66(1), 106-122. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2273.2011.00506.x.
[38] Irannejad, Parisa, Haddadi, Tahereh, & Zare, Saeedeh. (2017). Land Management: Guidelines for Higher Education Development Planning and Policies. Studies in Psychology and Educational Sciences, 3 (27), 39-59. {In Persian}.
)