Purpose: The regulations for the promotion of faculty members are one of the important drivers in the field of education and research in higher education and one of the important drivers in the direction of science, technology and innovation policies in the country. Therefore, any change in this regulation can affect the path of science, technology and innovation in the country and bring important consequences even in political and social fields. Therefore, this study seeks to answer the question of what features and specifications should the revised and updated version of the promotion regulation have? To suit the needs of different stakeholders and to be more responsive and effective?
Research method: This research is qualitative and thematic analysis. The method of collecting data and information included interviews, library studies and comparative studies. Also, while interviewing academic experts and experts in the field of study, efforts have been made to collect and analyze supplementary data. These interviews were purposefully conducted with 20 academic experts and experts (with snowball sampling method) in the field of the subject.
Findings: In the qualitative part of the research, 37 codes and 5 main themes were identified and prioritized in the qualitative part of the research with the open and central coding of the data obtained from the interview and the expert panel.
Conclusion: In open coding, 37 primary codes were extracted from interviews with experts, and finally, this network of themes were categorized into 5 main themes. According to the experts, the priority of these topics for examining "the effect of the regulation on the promotion of academic faculty members on the future of higher education in the country" are: society's expectations from the university, academic faculty members' satisfaction with the implementation of the regulations, the compatibility of the regulations with the macro trends, the effectiveness of the regulations From the emerging technologies, the analysis of interdisciplinary researches (the lagging of regulations from the 3rd and 4th generation universities).