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1 online resource (xxvi, 340 pages) : illustrations |
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CODESRIA book series |
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Codesria book series.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: SECTION I Establishment of NCHE Secretariat and Design of Quality Benchmarks -- 1. Need for a Higher Education Regulatory Agency -- Introduction -- Rationale -- Higher Education is Key to Economic Development -- Addressing the Impact of Globalisation -- Global Power Relations Influence Higher Education -- Market Models and Private Higher Education -- Cross-border Higher Education -- Massification of Higher Education -- Connectivity: Language and Technologies -- Research and Publications: The Soul of the new Global University -- Global Rankings have Local Impact -- Consequences of Globalisation on Institutional Management -- 2. Establishment of the Council and Secretariat of the NCHE, 2002-2003 Introduction -- Establishment of the Council -- Establishment of the Secretariat -- Selecting Staff to Work at the Secretariat -- Addressing the Apparent Duplication of Effort on the Ministry of Education -- Ministry Gets Nervous about the Invisibility of NCHE -- 3. Designing the Benchmarks for Universities Introduction -- Model University for Uganda: The Paper that Guided the Initial Design of the Benchmarks for the NCHE Quality Assurance Framework -- Possible Parameters to Guide the NCHE in Licensing and Accrediting Universities in Uganda -- 4. Quality Assurance Framework for Ugandan Universities Introduction -- Components of the Quality Assurance Framework -- NCHE Focused on Quality, not Relevance -- 5. Funding of the National Council for Higher Education, 2002-2012 Introduction -- Actual Funding of the NCHE -- Ministry of Education Agrees to Increase Allocations to the NCHE -- Increased Funding Helps the NCHE do More work but Increases Internal Discords -- Ntinda Retreat -- Arrangements for a Study and Evaluation of the NCHE -- Achievements During 2011-2012 -- SECTION II NCHE's Relations with Institutions of Higher Learning -- 6. Supervising the Growth of the Higher Education Sub-sector, 2001-2012 -- Introduction -- What is Higher Education? -- NCHE Focused on the Growth and Management of Universities -- Management of Increasing Demand for Higher Education -- Access to Higher Education in Uganda is Inequitable -- Increasing Numbers but Decreasing Resources -- Politics of Fees and the Inability of Universities to Raise Money -- Ensuring the Delivery of Quality Education -- Rigidities in Higher Education -- Credit System could have Integrated the Higher Education Sub-sector -- 7. National Council for Higher Education and Public Universities -- Introduction -- What are Public Universities in Uganda? -- Slow Development of Public Universities -- Declining Funding -- Lack of Institutional Autonomy in Public Universities -- Confusion at the Top: The Legal Impasse -- Selection of a Vice-chancellor and Top Officials -- Detaching the University from Public Service Administrative Regulations and Political Interference -- Chartering of Public Universities to Improve their Institutional Autonomy -- "Pride and Prejudice" of Certain Public Universities -- 8. NCHE and the Challenges of Makerere University -- Introduction -- Funding as a Major Challenge of Tertiary Education -- Impact of Neo-liberal Policies on Makerere University -- Market no Permanent Solution to Makerere's Financial Crisis -- Ensuing Challenges -- Impact on Governance -- Reduction of Programmes -- Institutional Autonomy and Accountability -- 9. Nurturing other Public Universities -- Mbarara University of Science and Technology, MUST) -- Kyambogo University -- Gulu University -- Busitema University -- Muni Univesitry Project -- 10. Licensing, Supervising, and Nurturing Private Higher Institutions, 2002-2012 -- Introduction -- What is Private Higher Education? -- Types of Private Higher Institutions -- Management of Private Higher Education, 2002-2012 -- Major Problems of Private Universities in Uganda -- General Characteristics of Private Universities -- 11. NCHE and the Chartered Universities, 2002-2012 -- Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) -- Ndejje University -- Uganda Martyrs University -- Nkumba University -- Bugema University -- Uganda Christian University (UCU) -- Kampala International University (KIU) -- 12. NCHE and the Provisionally Licenced Private Universities -- Busoga University -- Kampala University -- Aga Khan University -- Kumi University -- Kabale University -- Mountains of the Moon University, Fort Portal (MMU) -- African Bible College -- Uganda Pentecostal University (UPU) -- Bishop Stuart University -- Muteesa I Royal University -- St |
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Lawrence University (SLAU) -- All Saints University -- Cavendish University (CUU) -- International Health Science University (IHSU) -- Victoria University -- International University of East Africa -- Virtual University of Uganda (VUU) -- LivingStone International University (LIU) -- 13. Other Degree Awarding as well as Failed Institutions -- Other Degree Awarding Institutions -- Failed and Failing Institutions -- 14. NCHE and the Other Tertiary Institutions (OTIs) -- Introduction -- Ugandan Higher Education an Inverted Pyramid -- Who is to Blame for the Slow Growth of the OTIs? -- Way Forward -- SECTION III Management of the National Council for Higher Education -- 15. Administering the NCHE, 2002-2012 -- Introduction -- Capacity Development at NCHE -- Designing the NCHE Logo -- Survey of Institutions of Higher Learning in Uganda -- Exhibitions -- Staff Management -- Developing the NCHE Organograms -- Defining the Role of the NCHE -- Management of External Activities -- Building for the National Council for Higher Education -- Equipment, Furniture and Vehicles -- 16. Accreditation of Programmes Taught in Institutions of Higher Learning -- Introduction -- Accreditation of Programmes is Mandatory -- Managing the Accreditation Exercise -- Serious Problems Still Remain -- Case of Makerere University -- Case of Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi (UMU) -- 17. Equating Qualifications and its Impact on the Building of the NCHE -- Introduction -- Process of Equating Academic Qualifications -- Equating of A- Level Equivalences for Political Aspirants -- Equating the Qualifications of Mr Nasser Ssebaggala -- Other Challenges in the Process of Equating Qualifications -- Integrity is Heart of a Regulatory Agency -- 18. Constituting a New Council for NCHE -- Introduction -- Controversy Over the Filling of Vacant Seats -- Constituencies Elect their Representatives -- Election of a Representative of the Vice-chancellors of Private Universities to the NCHE, 2012 -- Nominations -- Elections -- Election of Senate Representative -- Judicial Review of the Conduct of Electing the Representatives -- 19. Conclusion -- Model University is a Free One -- Many African Countries have Established Regulatory Agencies -- Building of University Sectors -- Establishment of Quality Mechanisms: External and Internal Quality Checks -- Intrusion into the Institutional Autonomies and Academic Freedom of Universities -- Agencies Should Gradually Reduce their Demands as Universities Improve their Capacities -- I Look Ten Years Back From 2002 to 2012 -- 20. Afterword: The Balance Sheet of Ten Years Work by the NCHE / Mouhamad Mpezamihigo -- Introduction -- First Council Insights, 2002-2007 -- Initial Setup of Rules, Regulations, and License Fees -- Selecting a Public Representative to Council -- Initial Self-assessment of the NCHE -- Universities and other Tertiary Institutions begin to seek the NCHE Approval -- Licensing and Revoking of Universities' Licenses -- Council Approved or Rejected Licensing of Institutions -- Review of the NCHE Council Committee Functions and Roles -- Formation of the Disciplinary Committee and the Road to the NCHE Restructuring -- Analysis of the NCHE Annual Performance Reports for the Period 2005/2006 to 2011/2012 -- Identified Challenges -- Self-evaluations or Institutional Review by Selected Ugandan Universities -- NCHE Role in Programme Level Assessment -- Management and Leadership Training Programme for University Managers |
| Summary |
The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) and the Growth of the University Sub-sector in Uganda, 2002-2012, narrates the experience of the Ugandan NCHE in the establishment, development and regulation of higher education institutions in Uganda from 2002 to 2012. In this period, student numbers in higher education institutions increased from about 65,000 to some 200,000 and university institutions from about ten to more than triple the number. The book discusses the role of a regulatory agency in the delivery of higher education, the relations of universities and colleges with such an agency, its impact on developing university capacities, and leadership in creating and refining higher education ideas. The experience of Uganda's regulatory agency, the NCHE, in those ten years should help both the Ugandan and other African countries' higher education stakeholders in sharing lessons learned from this one case study. The author sees the roles of regulatory agencies as vital in the initial stages of building a higher education sub-sector and in periods of system transitions such as the current journey from elite to mass systems but is of the view that the university remains the home of knowledge creation, dissemination, and its application in society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
National Council for Higher Education (Uganda)
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Universities and colleges -- Uganda
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Bilingual & multilingual dictionaries.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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EDUCATION / Higher
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Universities and colleges
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Uganda
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9782869787285 |
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2869787286 |
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