Estimating South African Higher Education Productivity and Its Determinants Using Färe-Primont Index: Are Historically Disadvantaged Universities Catching Up?

Temoso, Omphile; Myeki, Lindikaya W.

doi:10.1007/s11162-022-09699-3

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“…This is often blamed on the historical legacy of these institutions. Temoso and Myeki (2023) highlight that the historically disadvantaged universities were formed as a result of the Extension of University Education Act of 1959 to promote the enrolment of Black, Indian and Coloured students in their own universities away from White students. It is, thus, not surprising that these universities are heavily dependent on government funding for their financial sustainability, considering that democratic South Africa (post 1994) is concerned with redressing the imbalances of the past.…”

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Access, equity and redress: Towards a sustainable funding framework for public universities in South Africa

Mbhalati

2024

Review of Education

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This article aims to understand how access, equity and redress challenges are addressed at South Africa's public universities based on their current funding frameworks. Relying on a pragmatic research approach combining desk‐research literature review and secondary data analysis, government funding and tuition fees were found to be the primary sources of funding in most universities, while third stream income from universities' own commercial activities lagged far behind. Secondary data from the public universities' audited annual financial statements for the period 2015 to 2020 further revealed that investment source income superseded third‐stream income in most universities. There is consensus in literature on the pivotal role of equity‐based funding mechanisms such as the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) in providing tuition cover and living expenses for students from poor households. Based on the agency theory, government funding is used to influence public universities to pursue transformation goals. The general trends observed in various countries is the inclusion of equity‐based indicators in a funding model to ensure that students are not denied the opportunity for university education solely based on their poor backgrounds. It is argued in this paper that the NSFAS remains an appropriate vehicle to achieve South Africa's transformational goals in its public universities.Context and implicationsRationale for the study The rationale for this article is to provide exploratory evidence on the link between funding and transformation at public universities.Why the new findings matter The new findings matter because public universities cannot escape the imperative to address the challenges of transformation in developing countries with a history of unequal distribution of financial resources.Implications for policy makers, university management, funders and students Policy makers can use the findings from this article to inform how the National Student Financial Aid Scheme can be streamlined to ensure it continues to achieve its mandate. Based on the findings of this study, university management can develop more interventions to assist at‐risk students, particularly those from disadvantaged families succeed in their study. Funders can use the findings of this study to budget for and direct funding to academically deserving at‐risk students. Finally, students could benefit from these findings as the study identifies challenges to academic success as well as relevant interventions.

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Access, equity and redress: Towards a sustainable funding framework for public universities in South Africa

Mbhalati

2024

Review of Education

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“…The first government response was to assess the structure and performance of the merged institutions. Scholars deliberated on the formation of comprehensive universities, where a historically disadvantaged university had to merge with historically disadvantaged universities (Temoso & Myeki 2022). It was clear that the merger of these institutions was problematic; hence the DHET imposed a divisional model to be implemented by University X, and each campus had its structure.…”

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Higher education for public good: Perspectives in the new academic landscape in South Africa

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Olowu³

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Peer-review declarationThe publisher (AOSIS) endorses the South African 'National Scholarly Book Publishers Forum Best Practice for Peer-Review of Scholarly Books'. The manuscript underwent an evaluation to compare the level of originality with other published works and was subjected to rigorous two-step peer-review before publication, with the identities of the reviewers not revealed to the editor(s) or author(s). The reviewers were independent of the publisher, editor(s) and author(s). The publisher shared feedback on the similarity report and the reviewers' inputs with the manuscript's editor(s) or author(s) to improve the manuscript. Where the reviewers recommended revision and improvements the editor(s) or author(s) responded adequately to such recommendations. The reviewers commented positively on the scholarly merits of the manuscript and recommended that the book be published.

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“…Universities in general now receive subsidy funding from the South African Government. Unlike in the past when the research was not an integral part of the funding formula, these subsidies are based on the joint output of teaching and research (Styger and Heymans 2015;Temoso and Myeki 2022). The revised formula of university funding emphasises research.…”

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“…The revised formula of university funding emphasises research. The subsidy funds are then distributed between faculties based on both teaching and research outputs (Styger and Heymans 2015;Temoso and Myeki 2022). Also, the sustainability of academic programmes and their relevance in these institutions rely heavily on research productivity (Temoso and Myeki 2022).…”

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“…The subsidy funds are then distributed between faculties based on both teaching and research outputs (Styger and Heymans 2015;Temoso and Myeki 2022). Also, the sustainability of academic programmes and their relevance in these institutions rely heavily on research productivity (Temoso and Myeki 2022). Thus, any activity or partnership that causes difficulty or deviation from the core activities will be working against the very survival of commerce faculties in the universities.…”

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Clashing Goals of SAICA and South African Universities: A Need for Reflection and Realignment

Tewari

2023

JLSD

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This article recognises the conflicting goals of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and the faculties of commerce in South African universities. To achieve the central aim of the study, a qualitative approach based on a literature review was applied. The study argues that the excessive focus of SAICA on the chartered accountancy route prevents accounting research in the country and is thus in conflict with the research objectives of faculties of commerce in South African universities. Based on this argument, the study suggests a realignment of objectives. Conflict resolution demands that the teaching and research route in the accounting mentorship programme be promoted and incentivised by creating funds to augment the salaries of lecturers in the SAICA-accredited accounting departments in the country. This realignment will further strengthen the resolve of both SAICA and faculties of commerce in universities to produce world-class higher education and chartered accountants.

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Estimating South African Higher Education Productivity and Its Determinants Using Färe-Primont Index: Are Historically Disadvantaged Universities Catching Up?

Cited by 17 publications

References 42 publications

Access, equity and redress: Towards a sustainable funding framework for public universities in South Africa

Access, equity and redress: Towards a sustainable funding framework for public universities in South Africa

Higher education for public good: Perspectives in the new academic landscape in South Africa

Clashing Goals of SAICA and South African Universities: A Need for Reflection and Realignment

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