1. Arefi, M, & Azizi, A. (2018). Feasibility study of the internationalization of public universities in Tehran (case study Shahid Beheshti university & Tehran university), Journal Strategic Studies of Public Policy, 8(26), 41-63. [In Persian] Altbach, P. G., & Knight, J. (2007). The internationalization of higher education: Motivations and realities. Journal of Studies in International Education, 11(3-4), 290-305. Asghari, F. (2021). International Student Mobility Program (ISMP) Analysis of International Students' Challenges in Iran. Iranian Higher Education, 13(2), 30-1. [In Persian] Braun, V. & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative in research psychology, 3(2), 77-101 Crișan-Mitra, C. & Borza, A. (2015). Internationalization in higher education, in International conference risk in contemporary economy, Galaţi, Romania, April, 2015, pp. 187–191. De Vita, G. & Case, P. (2003). Rethinking the internationalisation agenda in UK higher education, Journal of Further and Higher Education .27(4), 383–398. De Wit, H., Hunter, F., Howard, L., & Egron-Polak, E. (2015). Internationalisation of higher education. European Parliament, Directorate-General for Internal Policies, Policy Department B: Structural and Cohesion Policies, Culture and Education. Egron-Polak, E. & Hudson, R. (2014). Internationalization of higher education: Growing expectations, essential values, IAU Fourth Global Survey Report, International Association of Universities, Paris. Fathi Vajargah, K, Arefi, M, & Zamani Manesh, H. (2013). Investigating International Higher Education Challenges at Shahid Beheshti University, Biannual Journal of Educational Research and Learning, 20(3), 35-48. [In Persian] Fathi Vajargah, K; Ebrahimzadeh, E., Farajollahi, M, & Khashnoodifar, M. (2012). Internationalization of Curriculum in Iranian Higher Education System: Challenges and Strategies, Education Journal, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, 19(2), 45-66. [In Persian] Fazli Yazd, H, Zamani, A, & Pouratashi, M. (2019). Acceptance International Students to the Iranian Higher Education System and the Challenges Ahead, Rahyaft, 29(2), 90-77. [In Persian] Firuzjaeian, T.; & Khorsandi Taskoh, A. (2018). Identifying and Analyzing the Reasons for Internationalization of Specialty Universities Refocusing on the Internationalization Strategy at Home, Scientific Management System Journal, (13), 46-75. [In Persian] Haji Abbasi, H, & Ehsan, P. (2023). Challenges and Solutions for Attracting International Students in Iran, Islamic Consultative Assembly Research Center, Office of Education and Culture Studies. [In Persian] Hajiabbasi, H. (2022). Challenges of International Student Recruitment Agencies in Iran, Science and Technology Policy letter, 12(4), 15-20. [In Persian] Khosravi Morad, L., & Shirbagi, N. (2024). Identifying the Barriers to the Internationalization of Iran's Higher Education System: Recommendations for Developing Countries, Iranian Journal of Comparative Education, 8(1), 3430-3449[In Persian] Knight, P. (2008). Higher education in Turmoil. The changing world of internationalization. Rotterdam, the Neetherlands: Sense publishers. Mehravar Giglou, Sh, Khorsandi Tasoukoo, A, Gheiasi Nadoshan, S, & Abbaspour, A. (2020). Identifying the causes of refusal of international research cooperation in the country's higher education system, Journal of Teaching in Marine Sciences, 7(3), 23-1. [In Persian] Miles, M. B., & Huberman, A. M. (1994). Qualitative data analysis: An expanded sourcebook (2nd Ed.). Sage. Mohseni, H. S, Arasteh, H. R, Ghorchian, N. GH, & Jafari, P. (2013). SWOT analysis of International Scientific Cooperation programs in higher education in Iran, Quarterly Journal of Educational Leadership & Administration, 7(2), 107-129. [In Persian] Monshagar, M, Fathi Vajargah, K, & Hamidifar, F. (2021). Pathology of Curriculum Internationalization in Universities and Higher Education Institutions Located in Free Zones, Journal of Higher Education Curriculum Studies, 10(19), 1-23. [In Persian] Mousavi Amiri, S. T., Noebrahim, A., Arasteh, H.-R., & Abdollahi, B. (2020). Exploring the Consequences of Internationalization within and beyond Selected Public Universities in the Country. Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 9(17), 85-103. [In Persian] Owens, T.L. & Lane, J.E., (2014). Cross-border higher education: Global and local tensions within competition and economic development’, New Directions for Higher Education 168, 69–82. Parvin, E, Gheiasi Nadoshan, S, Khorsandi Tasoukoo, A, & Salehi, Z. (2021). Identifying Barriers of International Students’ Admission in Iranian Public Universities, Journal of Research IN Medical Education, 13(1), 34-25. [In Persian] Rahbari, H, Pour-Sadegh, N, & Yazdani, H. (2020). Identify the factors affecting job embeddedness with meta-synthesis approach, Educational Measurement, 10(40), 171-197. [In Persian] Rahimi, B & Dehghani, M. (2020). Explore the Nature of the Elements of the Community-based Curriculum Pattern on the Higher Education System Based on Meta-Synthesis Approach, Journal of Higher Education Curriculum Stufies, 11(21), 163-200. [In Persian] Saidi, S, & Falahati, L. (2020). Gender analysis of Afghan students’ challenges in the Iranian higher education, Journal of Social Problems of Iran, 11(2), 153-176. [In Persian] Salimi, GH, Marzoughi, R, & Bazi, H. (2022). Challenges and Consequences of Internationalizing Curricula in Higher Education from the Perspective of Students (Case Study: Graduate Students of Shiraz University), Higher Education Letter, 15(59), 7-30. [In Persian] Salimi, J, Azizi, N, & Alimohammadi, B. (2015). Investigating Barriers and Solutions for Internationalization of Technical and Engineering Higher Education Programs, Journal of Studies and Educational Planning, 4(7), 56-81. [In Persian] Salimi, J, Ghasemi, M, & Abdi, A. (2019). Emerging Challenges of Iranian Higher Education and Presentation of a Conceptual Model: A Grounded Theory Study, Management and Planning in Educational Systems, 12(2), 128-155. [In Persian] Sani’e Ejlal, M. (2020). Challenges of Internationalization of Research Institutes in Iran: An Examination of the Experience of Selected Engineering, Basic Sciences, and Humanities Institutes, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Center for Research on Science Policy. [In Persian] Soltani, S, Shakeri, M & Sabokro, M. (2020). Examining International Students’ Challenges at Yazd University based on Grounded Theory Research, Iranian Bimonthly of Education Strategies in Medical Sciences, 13(4), 295-305. [In Persian] Stein, S., Andreotti, V., & Suša, R. (2016). Beyond 2015, within the modern/colonial global imaginary? Global development and higher education. Critical Studies in Education, 57(3), 281-301. Stige, H, S., Andersen, Ch, A., Halvorsen, E, J., Halvorsen, s, M., Binder, P., Makestad, E., and Albaek, U. (2022). Possible paths to increase detection of child sexual abuse in child and adolescent psychiatry: a meta-synthesis of survivors and health professional's experiences of addressing child sexual abuse. International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being, 17(1), 1-27 Tokali Yaraki, R, Arefi, M, Jafari, E, & Khademi Kaleh Lou, M. (2024). Investigating Students' participation in Iran's Higher Education (Metasynthesis), Higher Education letter, 14(56), 19-22. [In Persian] UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2020). Global spending on R&D. Retrieved April 10, 2020, from http://uis.unesco.org/apps/visualisations/research-and-development-spending/ Yamni doozi Sorkhabi, M.; Teimori, M. (2015). The study (education, safety, economic and social - cultural) status of international students, Quarterly of Iranian Higher Education Association, 7(2), 71-112. [In Persian] Zolfaghari, A., Sabran, M.S. & Zolfaghari, A., (2009). ‘Internationalization of higher education: Challenges, strategies, policies and programs’, US-China Education Review 6(5), 1–9.