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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp015t34sn369| Title: | Strengthening Higher Education Leadership in Africa: A Study of Ghana's Situation |
| Contributors: | Gasu, John |
| Keywords: | higher education Ghana University of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology University of Cape Coast University for Development Studies Valley View University Catholic University College of Ghana higher education governance leadership |
| Issue Date: | Nov-2018 |
| Publisher: | CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa) |
| Place of Publication: | Dakar, Senegal |
| Series/Report no.: | CODESRIA Working Paper Series, 2018 |
| Description: | This study which uses the Ghanaian situation as a case study examines leadership in higher education. It addresses the governance situation in six universities namely, University of Ghana (Accra), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Kumasi), University of Cape Coast (Cape Coast), University for Development Studies (Tamale), Valley View University (Accra) and the Catholic University College of Ghana (Fiapre, Sunyani). These institutions constitute a mix of four public universities and two private ones. It examined how the general African higher education governance situation has played out in Ghana’s universities, with a view to examining whether the capacity of higher education leadership is adequate to the challenges of a competitive landscape. Aside from focusing on the specific mandates and objectives which each of the six institutions are set up for, the contingencies in which their operations had been embroiled are also looked at. Of particular significance to the study are the key issues of (a) finding out ways in which leadership structure in each of the universities meet the challenges of academic excellence; (b) to find out whether leadership capacities in the universities were adequate in ensuring high academic service delivery; and (c) an examination of the measures for building capacities of staff to enhance efficiency. The findings of each of the institutions are separately chapterised and then a separate chapter is provided for a comparative analysis between the institutions. Recommendations to remediate the challenges that are encountered, as provided by the stakeholders and the author are made for policy considerations. |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp015t34sn369 |
| ISSN: | 978-2-86978-785-8 |
| Related resource: | http://www.codesria.org |
| Appears in Collections: | Serials and series reports (Publicly Accessible) - CODESRIA |
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| 0Prelim.pdf | 86.26 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| 1Introduction.pdf | 63.82 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| 2QualityAssurance.pdf | 38.93 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| 3InstitutionalandLegalframework.pdf | 49.87 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| 4UniversityofGhana.pdf | 347.22 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| 5KwameNkrumahUniversity.pdf | 284.04 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| 6UniversityofCapeCoast.pdf | 280.22 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| 7UniversityforDevelopmentStudies.pdf | 395.33 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| 8ValleyViewUniversity.pdf | 209.42 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| 9CatholicUniversity.pdf | 201.63 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| 10PublicandPrivateUniversities.pdf | 104.5 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| 11ConclusionsandRecommendations.pdf | 68.41 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| 12Notes.pdf | 22.94 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| 13References.pdf | 50.38 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download |
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