Global higher education trends and national policies: access, privatization, and internationalization in Argentina

Ballerini, Victoria

doi:10.1080/23322969.2016.1245113

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“…Furthermore,theglobalchallengestodayseemtosuggestthathighereducationinstitutionsshould comprehendfurtherontheirfutureexistencewhilecapitalisingonthepastandthepresentsituations under which they operate to have a better stand in future market requirements and competition (Rumbley,Helms,Peterson,Eds,&Liefde,2014).Hitherto,toachievethisstrategy,educational institutionsinformofuniversitiesneedtolaystrategiesandplansofidentifyingstaffwhoarereadyto developandattainvastexperience,acquireknowledgeandskillswhichinturncanfacilitatethemto betterthemtocommittoperformbetterwithpatience,diligence,andcollaboratewithotherstofoster achievementofinstitutionalgoals (Amanchukwuetal.,2015;Bolden,Jones,Davis,&Gentle,2015;Commission,Sustainable,&America,2011;Henry,Findlay,Sydney&Freeman,2016). Yet,likeany otherpartoftheworld,Uganda'shighereducationsectortodayisfacingchallengesofcopyingwith bothnationalandinternationalcompetencyrequirementsandperformance,forinstance,thesetrials rangefrommassification,commodification,customercare,commodification,internationalisation, thelackofseriousgovernmentfunding,moonlightingamongstaff,employeeturnoverandretention (Altbach, Reisberg, & Rumbley, 2009;Altbach, 2013;Ballerini, 2017;De Melo & Zha, 2015;Glenn,2008;Kwiek,2001Kwiek, ,2003Ma,2010;Mohamedbhai,2008;Mok&Jiang,2016;Mok,2015;Robertson,2008;Varghes,2015).Thesechallengesespeciallyhavenotonlyimpactedonthequality ofeducationgiventotheyounggenerationrathertheyhavealsocausedalotofstrikesandstaff turnoverwithintheuniversities (Asiimwe&Steyn,2013;Ssempebwa&Nakaiza,2013).Moreover, universitiesspendthelittletheyhavetodevelopstaffcapacityandleadershipsustainabilityhence posinggreaterrisksofsustainableleadershipdevelopmentamonguniversitiesinUganda (Zeelen, 2012).Universitiestodayarerequiredtopreparesustainableleadershipthatcancaterforstudents criticalthinking,innovation,creativity,entrepreneurshipandproblemsolvingskillssoastomeet theglobalchallengesatplacesofwork (Kivunja,2014;Luna,2015;Mugabi,2008;Ssempebwa& Nakaiza,2013;Weert,2011a).Nonetheless,tointernalizethesecomplexchallenges,highereducation leadershipneedscogentanalysistoseekforastrategythatcanhelpacquirecommittedanddedicated humanresourceswhoarereadytoacquireknowledge,experiencesandotherperspectivesneededto leadtoinformeddecisionsmakingprocesstofostergrowthanddevelopment…”

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A Measurement Model of University Staff Perception Towards Sustainable Leadership Practices in the Universities of the Central Region of Uganda

Miiro

2019

International Journal of Quality Control and Standards in Science and Engineering

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The purpose of this paper is intertwined in two phases. First, it is to examine the four subdimensions of sustainable leadership practices and its meaningful use as professed by staff in six Ugandan universities of the central region. Secondly, it concentrated on testing the appropriateness of the measurement in terms of reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity. The method used to arrive at the needed data was quantitative approach. It was deployed to secure data from a randomly chosen sample of volunteers from the six university studies both public and private. Data was collected through the use of a 25-itemized questionnaire to determine the perception of staff towards sustainable leadership practices. The study investigation tool was directly circulated by the researcher himself and researcher assistants to a randomly chosen sample of volunteers from the six universities involved in the study. The study findings showed that there are four subconstructs of sustainable leadership practiced in Ugandan universities: staff capacity building, diversity leadership, strategic distribution, and conservation. However, due to low values in one of the subdimension AVEs, the model was re-examined, and hence, conservation was removed to meet the requirement of divergent construct validity. The study established that staff perceived sustainable leadership practices to be of great value towards their performance in an era of university change. The study findings are of great importance in education. Secondly, it exposes university leadership and staff to the new management styles that are needed to achieve university mission and improvement of quality practices, and this can be attained through training, development, and attraction staff's efforts towards university effective performance. Lastly, the researcher recommends the study as a source of information and knowledge to future research in the same area.

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A Measurement Model of University Staff Perception Towards Sustainable Leadership Practices in the Universities of the Central Region of Uganda

Miiro

2019

International Journal of Quality Control and Standards in Science and Engineering

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“…The intensity of international rankings and competition are pressing universities to change from the known traditional scientific management approach to institutional performance (Yang, 2015). Moreover for the institutions to attain credible work and recognition, they must ensure that they have strong personnel with needed skills, knowledge and experience to enhance these institutions sustainable development and transformation in the era of competition (Ballerini and Ballerini, 2017;Nordin, 2011). however, these institutions cannot attain quality staff and performance without prior attendance to factors that influence organisational health (Nordin, 2011;Yang, 2015).…”

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Examining organizational health practices among universities in the central region of Uganda

Miiro

Othman

Nordin

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This study gives insights on the organizational health practices applied in Ugandan universities of the central region. The paper examined four subdimensions of the construct through the use of the data obtained from eight hundred twenty (N=820) randomly selected sample of volunteers from the six universities that have been in existence for the last fifteen (15) years. The data were gathered using a 25-items adopted and adapted from the previous studies reviewed, a likert scale ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree (1 -5) was used based on by Keller and Price conception of the construct. Confirmatory Factor analysis a component of structural equation modelling was employed to analyze the four subdimensions of the construct organizational health. The research findings of the empirical cross section survey reflected that there is a relationship between the four factor subdimensions; culture and climate, control and coordination, innovation/invention and accountability even though they are all distinct in nature. Meanwhile, accountability as one of the construct was eliminated from the results in figure 2 due to lower scores in the average variance explained (AVE). The results further exhibited that the four subdimensions of organizational health are reliable and valid measurements of the construct. The data generated was deemed appropriate for the study since structure equation modelling requires a big sample, and fitted the model due to the fact that all the parameter estimates were met. lastly, the data was analysed through the use of confirmatory factor analysis and the study findings generated are an extension of the previous study findings since there was no similar study done in Uganda especially on higher education using this methodology. The study has greater implications to managers towards improvement of university staff performance and institutional transformation.

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Political Economy of Expansion of Higher Education Implications for Unequal Access in India

Khan

2022

Mapping Identity-Induced Marginalisation in India

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Global higher education trends and national policies: access, privatization, and internationalization in Argentina

Cited by 5 publications

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A Measurement Model of University Staff Perception Towards Sustainable Leadership Practices in the Universities of the Central Region of Uganda

A Measurement Model of University Staff Perception Towards Sustainable Leadership Practices in the Universities of the Central Region of Uganda

Examining organizational health practices among universities in the central region of Uganda

Political Economy of Expansion of Higher Education Implications for Unequal Access in India

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