%0 Journal Article %T A Comparative Study of Higher Education Development in Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey %J Iranian Journal of Comparative Education %I Comparative Education Society of Iran ( CESIR) %Z 2588-7270 %A Kanjo, Khalil Ahmed %A Haqhani, Mahmoud %A Abolghasimi, mahmmood %A Ghahramani, Mohammad %A Nazari Hashemi, Seyed Reza %D 2022 %\ 11/01/2022 %V 5 %N 4 %P 2164-2182 %! A Comparative Study of Higher Education Development in Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey %K Development %K dissemination of science %K Higher education %K Quantitative Expansion %K Policies of Knowledge %R 10.22034/ijce.2022.326825.1386 %X The present study has comparatively examined the indicators of higher education development in Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey. Afghanistan's higher education has made significant strides in increasing students' access, but in terms of quality - number of faculty members with PhD degree, infrastructure, training equipment, and number of articles and books - has deteriorated over the past three decades. In the field of the three functions of higher education system (production, transformation and dissemination of science), the Iran higher education system has experienced a high proportion of progress. Also, this system has moved away from the two policies of knowledge production and application of science in society and emphasized transfer of knowledge - in the form of a slight expansion of education and an increase in student admission. Turkey has achieved technological readiness and surpassed Afghanistan and Iran by slightly expanding educational structures, increasing share of technical-vocational education, improving enrollment rate of higher education skilled workforce, share of research & development costs, and improving overall indicators. The findings of this study are expected to help Afghan higher education planners to use positive experiences of higher education development in Iran and Turkey. %U https://journal.cesir.ir/article_159012_90b3e8e0495707ee2be0aad74427b45a.pdf