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Opportunities and Challenges of Academic Staff in Higher Education in Africa

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  • Elijah Dickens Mushemeza

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This paper analyses the opportunities and challenges of academic staff in higher education in Africa. The paper argues that recruitment, appointment and promotion of academic staff should depend highly on their productivity (positive production per individual human resource). The staff profile and qualifications should be posted on the University website in order to promote publicity and networking among scholars.The paper observes several challenges that face the African Universities today – funding (enhancement of financial base and sustainability), infrastructural demands, inadequate staff remuneration, high student enrollment with low staff-student ratio, and governance/management deficits. In spite of these challenges, it is possible to identify and implement strategic interventions to admit quality students/optimum level of student intake, appoint and retain quality academic staff if we are to build a well-functioning University for both institutional and society development in Africa.

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  • Elijah Dickens Mushemeza, 2016. "Opportunities and Challenges of Academic Staff in Higher Education in Africa," International Journal of Higher Education, Sciedu Press, vol. 5(3), pages 236-236, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:jfr:ijhe11:v:5:y:2016:i:3:p:236
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    2. Feyisa Mulisa, 2021. "Challenges for African Scholars in the Globalization Era: Contexts Speak," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 12(2), pages 923-942, June.
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    4. Charmaine Williamson & Karin Dyason & Caryn McNamara & Garry Aslanyan, 2024. "“The Learning of Learned ‘Learning Organizations’?”: How Southern African Universities Use a Professional Competency Framework for Research Management and Administration: Selective Cases," Systemic Practice and Action Research, Springer, vol. 37(2), pages 229-249, April.
    5. Grace Wairimu Mureithi & Abraham Kiflemariam & Vincent Omwenga, 2021. "Role of Dynamic Capabilities on the Relationship of Social Capital and Research Productivity of Academic Staff in Kenyan Universities," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 5(7), pages 377-385, July.

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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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