About me

I'm Abasalt Khorasani

Areas of interest:

  • Continuing education and higher education
  • The ethics of higher education
  • Talent development and learning
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Ph.D.

in Planning for Higher Education Development, Shahid Beheshti University (S.B.U.) September  2008, Tehran, Iran

Thesis: Designing a Model for Studying the Quality of Iranian Governmental Universities (summa cum laude)

M.Sc.

in Curriculum Planning, Allameh Tabataba’i University (A.T.U.), Tehran, September 2000,Iran ,GPA: 17,19 out of 20

Dissertation: Studying Training needs for Managers and Staff in Central Organization of Azad University in order to Design Proper Training Program and its Improvement

B.Sc.

in Educational Technology, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran, may 1997

GPA: 16, 90 out of 20

Diploma

in Economic

GPA: 17,11 out of 20

Educational background

Memberships of Associations

  • Chair of the Iranian Society for Training and Development
  • Member of the Iranian Higher Education Association
  • Member of the Iranian Human Resources Association
  • Member of the Iranian Training and Research Association
  • Member of the Curriculum Studies Association
  • Member of the Iranian Federation for Training and Development
  • Member of ASTD
  • Member of the Training Need Assessment Association

Teaching experiences

Workshops for organizations and universities Frequency
Organizational human resource development processes 15
Organizational training and development 10
Standards for human resource development and training 8
Using human resources to improve higher education 4
Methods for advanced needs assessments in education 23
Measuring the effectiveness of training in organizations 21
Managing and evaluating organizational performance 6
The methods for calculating the return on investment in education 15