ANALYSIS OF TRAINING COMPONENTS EFFECTING ON STUDENTS' ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAPABILITIES IN IRANIAN AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIFIC-APPLIED HIGHER SYSTEM

The main purpose of this study is to analyze training components effecting on students’ entrepreneurship capabilities in Iranian agricultural scientific-applied higher education system. This research is an applied and descriptive research. Statistical population is all 470 graduates of agricultural scientific-applied centers from 2008-2010 in central district of Iran. From this population, 135 of them were selected as sample through stratified sampling. A questionnaire was used for the data collection whose reliability was estimated to be 87%. The data analysis was done in two descriptive and inferential parts by SPSS software. Based on the results, age mean of graduates was 28. Also, according to the results of factor analysis, training components can be divided into seven factors of training methods, management and organizing, educational contents, personality characteristics, facilities and equipment, educators' features, and students' features. These factors could explain 62.6% of variance in students’ entrepreneurship capabilities.