Pedagogy and research at work during the era of quality assurance policy implementation in Universities

Kibalirwandi, Moses Muhindo; Mwesigye, Adrian Rwekaza

doi:10.15406/ahoaj.2018.02.00038

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“…15,16 The first aspiration, goal number two and priority number 1 (one) which states that, "Education and Skill Technology and Innovation" may not be achieved without research. 16,17 After administering the questionnaire, item 7 in section A, item 2 & 3 in section B and item i, in section C revealed that employees' knowledge of policy formulation was a hindering factor for implementation. However, such a challenge has been identified to be a global problem in most organizations both private and public.…”

Section: Epic-16 Item Scalementioning

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Employees’ policy implementation compliance scale (epic) on quality assurance policy in institutions of higher education

Kibalirwandi¹,

Dh²,

Mwesigye³

2018

AHOAJ

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Introduction: Quality assurance policy implementation is majorly done by teaching staff in institutions of higher Education. This policy has been implemented since 2006 in East Africa and there's no so far research done to evaluate staff participation in implementing the policy hence a need to develop the scale to test policy compliance. The knowledge of policy formulation appears to be a prerequisite for policy implementation. Methods:The three major phases of developing psychological scale were followed to develop EPIC; Phase one pool items identification, phase two rigorous testing for validity and reliability which led to reduction and maintaining 16 items out of 33 pool items identified by expert panel in phase I and Phase III test -retesting and using the scale to measure what it is purported to measure. Applying the scale in intended community for further refinery to confirm its usefulness and presenting the scale to the public as to fit the purpose was done by the researcher.Results: At factor loading; four major constructs were retained to measure policy compliance; knowledge, negotiation, empowerment and perceived service delivery. Considering accumulative percentage of principal component analysis, knowledge (cognitive value) 0.883, negotiation between policy makers and policy implementers or involved parties 0.947, empowerment of policy implementers in decision-making 0.873 and perceived service delivery or self-examination by service providers 0.835. Some of the sub-constructs scored low and still retained due to their significance basing on existing literature on quality assurance policy.

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Section: Epic-16 Item Scalementioning

confidence: 99%

Employees’ policy implementation compliance scale (epic) on quality assurance policy in institutions of higher education

Kibalirwandi¹,

Dh²,

Mwesigye³

2018

AHOAJ

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Relieving Financial Constraints of Doing Postgraduate Research in Africa

Kibalirwandi

Mwesigye

Maate

2020

Postgraduate Research Engagement in Low Resource Settings

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Private and public universities all canvas to enroll learners targeting community as a source of students. The parents' and learners' choice to join universities is guided by knowledge available on social media as universities are web-ranked depending on evaluation criteria of best performance. Research and publication is one of the three core activities that identify a university from other tertiary institutions after secondary education. The financial constraints in financing research for Masters and PhD students remain a drawback in implementing quality assurance policy in African universities. The major criteria used while evaluating best performing universities are: teaching, research, citation, industrial income, and international outlook. Research takes equal percentage weight as teaching in universities' web ranking. This chapter explores the possibility of financing research and publications in promoting quality assurance system, a global marketing strategy for universities.

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Pedagogy and research at work during the era of quality assurance policy implementation in Universities

Cited by 2 publications

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Employees’ policy implementation compliance scale (epic) on quality assurance policy in institutions of higher education

Employees’ policy implementation compliance scale (epic) on quality assurance policy in institutions of higher education

Relieving Financial Constraints of Doing Postgraduate Research in Africa

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