بررسي همگرايي تقاضاي اجتماعي آموزش عالي در ايران (1362-1380)

In this paper, the social demand convergent rate for higher education in different regions of the country is investigated using the generalized growth rate model of Solo-Swan by applying the Panel Data technique. Among the main goals in our study is to determine the rate of social demand convergence for higher education, as well as the rate and type of the convergence based on both gender and the trial groups. The results of the models confirm the convergence of different regions for the growth of social demand within the last two decades. The obtained high rate of convergence indicate the high regional disparities on their criterion volunteer and the size of long term stability reveals the high potential capacity to their growth. Considering the other hypothesis of the research as well as the evaluations being taken for the four enterence exam volunteer groups for universities confirm the validity of hypothesis for mathematical & technical, medical, and the social science groups and not the same for the group of art. The highest and the lowest rates of convergence are considered respectively for the medical science group and the mathematical & technical science group.