editorial: the role of private sector in higher education; from quantity and quality to access and social justice

In current issue of the journal of medical education, dashti and yazadni in their comprehensivearticle “factors encouraging the private section to invest in higher education of iran” proposedthe main indicators which could facilitate the investment in higher education by variety ofprivate sectors. they conclude that there are several different groups that can bring their financialresources to the higher education system to promote its quantity and quality. and also they claimthat iranian laws and regulation in higher education will entitle these investments. they alsoproposed that the higher education system should facilitate this process and to encourage theprivate sector should reduce the risk of investment and try to reshape the culture of educationalsystems to accept this investment.