bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SELECTED CHERRY CULTIVARS UNDER CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF MURREE HILLS
Authors: ASGHAR SANA , HASAN SYED ZIA UL , KHAN MUHAMMAD NAWAZ , HUSSAIN TANVEER , KHALID SAMINA , SIDDIQUE IMRAN MUHAMMAD , AKHTAR ATTIQ , BATOOL ISHRAT , RAFIQUE RIZWAN , SALEEM ADNAN , AKHTAR JAMIL
Published: July 2023

Cherry (Prunus avium) is unique fleshy stone fruit belongs to temperate zones. It is getting high in demand due to its immense nutritional importance and dessert quality. High quality cherry produce is dependent of various factors such as variety, rootstock, climate and soil etc. In pursuit of that the performance of ten different cherry varieties namely Burlatt C-I, Ferrovia, Morreau, Durone-I, Stella, Mora, Bing, Van, White cherry and Black cherry in the climatic conditions of Lower Topa (1900 m Altitude), Murree. Sour Cherry was used as a rootstock for all of the cherry varieties. The experiment laid out according to randomized complete block design (RCBD), with four replications and one plant per treatment for the consecutive three years. Data regarding days of full bloom, number of fruits per plant TSS, fruit length, breadth, weight was evaluated. Data regarding comparative studies showed that Black Cherry T10 (64.50 days) was the early maturing variety among the selected cherry varieties. Both the fruit length (23.97 mm) and breadth (23.25mm) were higher in the variety Van (V8) and this variety showed a beautiful dark red color fruit. Fruit weight (5.80 g) was high in Ferrovia (V2). While yield in terms of Increased number of fruits per plant (341.50) was found in Stella (V5) as well as pronounced results regarding TSS (15.47 oBrix) were observed in Van (V8). In the long run, it will be an effective protocol for production of cherry on commercial scale and development of market as well as storage on sound basis.
GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND BIOCHEMICAL RESPONSE OF APPLE AS INFLUENCED BY LIQUID FERTILIZERS (BIOFERT) APPLICATION
Authors: ASGHAR SANA , HASAN SYED ZIA UL , KHALID SAMINA , RAFIQUE RIZWAN , SIDDIQUE IMRAN MUHAMMAD , NASEER MUDASSIR , BATOOL ISHRAT , SALEEM ADNAN , HUSSAIN TANVEER , AKHTAR JAMIL
Published: July 2023

Apple is the major fruit crop due to its high nutritional significance and taste. High yield and better quality in apple is highly dependent of optimum fertilizer doses. The present study was aimed in 2012 to check the effect of liquid fertilizers (Biofert (N=3%, P=1%, K=2%) and micronutrients (Ca, Zn, S, Mg, Cl, B, Mo, Cu, Fe, Mn, Co and Ni less than 1%) on growth and yield off apple, alone and in combination with conventional fertilizers (N: P: K 800: 400: 400 g/plant). The experiment was done according to randomized complete block design (RCBD) comprised of six treatments and four replications, in consecutive four years. Parameters regarding the physiological, growth aspects of the apple trees as well as pre and post-harvest analysis of fruit were carried out to evaluate the effect of different nutrient doses on plant growth and produce. Among the growth parameters maximum fruit weight was found in T3 (155 g) and comparatively higher results of fruit yield per plant were obtained in T5 (42 kg). Post-harvest fruit analysis given the best results regarding Juice (56.7%) and Pulp (39.1%) with T3. Vitamin C (2.8 mg/100 ml) was higher T3 and T4 and highest TSS 11.6% was observed in T3. It was concluded that liquid fertilizers along with the conventional fertilizers played an important role to enhance the fruit quality and yield in the climatic conditions of Sunny Bank (7000 ft altitude), Murree.
CLC2000 és CLC50 adatbázisok összehasonlítása tájmetriai módszerekkel
Authors: Szabó Szilárd
Published: July 2023

A tájváltozás elemzéséhez használt digitális térképi adatbázisok egy része ma már térítésmentesen is hozzáférhető.. Példaként azokat a térképi adatbázisokat említhetjük meg, amelyek vagy tényleges terepi térképezésen, vagy légifotók, műholdfelvételek interpretációján alapulnak. E munka célja az, hogy két felszínborítottsági adatbázis – a CLC50, mint térítésköteles és részletes, valamint a CLC2000, mint ingyenes, de egyszerűsített tartalmú állomány – példáján bemutassuk azt, hogy mennyire különböző eredményt kaphatunk alkalmazásuk mellett. A vizsgálat során az egyes foltok osztály szintű tájmetriai paramétereit határoztuk meg és vetettük alá statisztikai elemzésnek. Az eredmények azt bizonyítják, hogy a tájanalízis során levonható következtetéseket jelentősen befolyásolja az, hogy a tájmetriai mutatókat melyik adatbázisból származtatjuk. A CLC50 részletességénél fogva lényegesen pontosabb képet ad a kisebb területű felszínborítási kategóriák esetében, aminek mértékét munkánk során számszerűsítettünk is 16 metrika esetében. Az eredmények alapján a CLC2000-felhasználását kisebb léptékű regionális vizsgálatoknál javasoljuk, a kistáj szintű tájváltozás vizsgálatokhoz a CLC50 adatbázis az alkalmasabb.
Skócia tájkarakter felmérése és az eredmények gyakorlati hasznosítása
Authors: Kabai Róbert
Published: July 2023

1994–99 között Skócia tájkarakter felmérését az ország teljes területére kiterjedően elvégezték. A cikkben ezt a példa értékű munkát mutatom be, a módszertani kérdésektől kezdve a tanulmányok tartalmi felépítésén át az összesítő adatbázisokig. Konkrét példák kapcsán elemzem, hogy a tájkarakter értékelések eredményei hogyan, mely területeken hasznosultak a gyakorlatban, és miként segítik a táj védelmét.
Numerical Study on the Various Profile Sections of Concrete Filled Steel Tubular Columns Under Compression
Authors: Singh Vinay Kumar , Pramod Kumar Gupta  , S M Ali Jawaid
Published: July 2023

The axial load-carrying capacity for a wide range of short concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) members having different section profiles is evaluated in the presented work. A numerical study has been carried out through Finite-Element based demonstration and it has been accomplished in the ABAQUS package for relevancy of analytically predicted axial load carrying capacity by unified formula as suggested by Yu M. et al. (2010). To validate the results from the unified formula and the experimentally available literature, finite element-based models for hollow and solid sections of CFST columns with circular, octagonal, and square section profiles have been generated. A total of 31 hollow and 24 solid circular columns, 9 hollow, and 9 solid octagonal columns, and in the last 9 hollows and 38 solid square CFST columns are examined for the persistence of the results. After evaluation of obtained results from the modeling existing results are validated, and it is found that the proposed unified formula predicts satisfactory results when compared with the result of established models. Further, it is concluded that displacement in the direction of applied load is not uniform throughout the length of CFST columns thereby using the ring confinement technique for the region of applied force may be reasonable.
Parameters Affect Flexural Mechanism to Prevent Progressive Collapse of RC Buildings
Authors: Najem Z.M. , Alrudaini Thaer
Published: July 2023

This study investigates the effect of spans length, reinforcement ratio and continuity of flexural reinforcement on the progressive collapse performance of double span beams over failed columns. The investigations focus on initial flexural resisting mechanism to prevent the progressive collapse. Detailed nonlinear finite element simulation of double span beam-column sub-assemblages subjected to residual gravity loads that initially carried by the failed column is adopted for the investigations. Nonlinear static pushover analysis is conducted in which capacity curves are derived and compared with demanded capacities. The effect of spans length, reinforcement ratio and number of continuous bottom flexural reinforcement on progressive collapse are considered in the investigations. Analysis results show that the strength to resist progressive collapse has decreased by 25.4 % and the ductility increased by 103 % following the increasing in span length from 5 m to 7 m. On the other hand, increasing reinforcement ratio of top flexural reinforcement from 0.447 to 1.089 leads to 26.27 % increasing in strength accompanied with a decrease in ductility equal to 16.42 %. In addition, extending all bottom bars rather than the minimum specified two bars resulted in 12 % increasing in strength and 40.28 % decreasing in ductility.
Bilişsel Davranışçı Yaklaşım Çerçevesinde Cinsel İşlevsizlik: Bir Olgu Sunumu
Authors: YALÇIN Hatice , YALÇINSOY Dilek
Published: July 2023

Cinsel işlev bozukluğu vakaları oldukça yaygındır. Buna rağmen, yoksunluğun belirli yönlerinden dolayı aileler tarafından cinsel sorunlar daha az bildirilmektedir. Bu çalışmada erektil disfonksiyon ve erken boşalma sorunu olan bir çift incelenmiştir. Buna bağlı olarak cinsel sorunların yol açtığı stres, depresyon ve anksiyeteye yönelik çözüm önerileri sunulmaktadır. Belirli bir danışanın temel sorunlarını anlamak için davranışların neden ve sonuçlarını ortaya koyan bir vaka formülasyonu yapılmıştır. Seansların amacı, vaka formülasyonu oluşturulduktan sonra sorunlar için değiştirilmesi istenen noktalar hakkında farkındalık yaratmaktır. Terapötik ittifakı yeniden çerçeveleme yöntemiyle duygu ve içerik yansıtması kullanıldı. Danışanın başa çıkma becerilerini geliştiren ve ilişki sürecinde kontrol edebildiklerine odaklanmalarını sağlayan yöntemler sırasıyla önerildi. Ayrıca, danışana çatışma dinamiklerinde olumsuz döngüselliği sürdüren işlevsel olmayan çözümler anlatıldı. Danışanın kısır döngü sürecinde devam eden döngü halinden çıkabilmesi için psikoeğitim de verildi. Böylece danışanın çatışma yönetimi becerileri, iletişim becerileri ve problem çözme stratejileri açısından güçlendirildi. Tüm bunların yanı sıra cinsel işlev sağlığı, aile iletişim biçimleri ve aile birliğinin önemini hatırlatmayı amaçlayan ve farkındalık oluşmasına katkı sağlayan oturum çalışmaları ev ödevleri ile desteklendi. Dolayısıyla bu çalışma, bu gibi durumlarda tetiklemeyi kolaylaştıran uzun süreli ruminasyon olabileceğini göstermesi açısından dikkat çekicidir.
2 - Aspiring Vice-Chancellors’ Rhetoric and the Challenges of Building a Twenty-First Century Nigerian University
Authors: Adeyemi Adegoju  , Olayiwola Timothy Akinwale
Published: July 2023

This study analyses the manifestos prepared by some candidates aspiring to the post of Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, between 1999 and 2000. It examines the appropriation of rhetorical tactics by the aspirants to impress upon the target audience that they possess the ability to decipher clearly the problems of the university and the required antidote. The study focuses on two major issues that are recurrent in the discourse: the challenges facing the university at the turn of the twenty-first century and the kind of leadership that the university would desire to stem the tide. It adopts Aristotle’s model of rhetoric and Jacques Derrida’s deconstructive criticism to analyse and discuss the discursive practices of the respective candidates, relative to these key issues. It reveals that although the candidates address subjects that dwell on the university system in time and space, the discourse is characterised by a schematic rhetorical style that political actors deploy for expediency in wider political contexts.
3 - Translating Equitable Access into Retention and Success in African Higher Education: The Role and Responsibility of Individual Institutions
Authors: Sabiha Y. Essack
Published: July 2023

Matching equity of access to equity of outcome in marginalized groups in African higher education necessitates innovative strategies in pre- and post- student admission. Student selection using tools predictive of student success, comprehensive and holistic student support, and, curriculum and pedagogical interventions address both access and success within the equity and transformation paradigms. This article provides an overview of higher education participation rates in African countries and describes curriculum, pedagogic and student support strategies that facilitate the translation of access into retention and success.
7 - Analyse géographique du parcours sciences et techniques. Cas de L’université de NGaoundéré
Authors: Mediebou Chindji  , Michel Tchotsoua
Published: July 2023

Les auteurs de cet article évaluent la contribution des diplômés des parcours sciences et techniques de l’Université de Ngaoundéré au développement du Nord-Cameroun. Pour ce faire, une enquête par questionnaire a été effectuée auprès de ses diplômés ayant un emploi. La technique de contact par boule de neige a permis d’en enquêter 360 à Douala, Yaoundé et les principales villes du Nord-Cameroun. L’analyse des données collectées a été faite par des méthodes de statistiques descriptives. Les résultats montrent que l’Université de Ngaoundéré a contribué non seulement à la formation des ressources humaines de cette région, mais a également entrainé une modification du tissu économique et une diversification du marché de l’emploi même si cet impact reste bien faible sur les secteurs pouvant propulser le développement.
3 - Towards Evaluating a Higher Education Residence Environment that is Conducive to Learning, Development and Success
Authors: Willem Petrus Wahl
Published: July 2023

The higher education residence environment has traditionally been perceived as mere buildings that provide accommodation to students, especially in Africa. However, for more than a decade now, research on Living Learning programmes has shown how residence-based programmes can create inclusive communities where the academic project of institutions is successfully integrated with the living environment of students. This integration creates an environment that is conducive to learning, development, and success. The aim of this article is to analyse some of the latest empirical research on Living Learning programmes and then make a comparison with the theory on student learning and development, in order to enable practitioners to evaluate their own residence environments to become more conducive to learning, development, and success. Ten questions are generated through this comparative analysis and it is recommended that practitioners in Africa use it as an evaluative framework within their institution’s residence environment.
JHEA, Volume 12, n°1, 2014 - Full Issue
Authors: Journal system
Published: July 2023

Contents/Sommaire

Deanship, Leadership Dilemmas and Management Challenges Facing the Social Sciences in Public University Education in Kenya

Kenneth Inyani Simala.......................................1

Rethinking Leadership, Management and Career Advancement for 21st Century Deans in the Social Sciences and Humanities at Makerere University

Consolata Kabonesa & Elizabeth Kaase-Bwanga....................27

Faculty Governance : Opportunities and Challenges after the Egyptian Revolution – The Case of the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University

Hala H. El Said ............................53

Rethinking the Role of Universities in Africa: Leadership as a Missing Link in Explaining University Performance in Uganda

Roberts Kabeba Muriisa ............................69

The Social Sciences at Crossroads: Challenges and Opportunities at Addis Ababa University

Abeje Berhanu ................................93

Understanding the Factors that Influence Leadership Effectiveness of Deans in Ghana

Goski Alabi & Joshua Alabi...............................111

The Academic Dean and the Challenges of Meeting Changing Expectations within a Competitive Higher Education Environment in Africa

Alfred Otara .................................133
2 - Rethinking Leadership, Management and Career Advancement for 21st Century Deans in the Social Sciences and Humanities at Makerere University
Authors: Consolata Kabonesa  , Elizabeth Kaase-Bwanga
Published: July 2023

The study investigates Leadership, Management and Career Advancement for Female and Male Deans in Social Sciences and Humanities at Make- rere University. The objective is to investigate the gender dynamics of leadership and management in academic careers of deans in Humanities and the Social Sciences and its effect on institutional development. The study is qualitative and quantitative in design, combining both primary and secondary data generated using a questionnaire and face-to-face interviews. The findings indicate that women as well as men face similar challenges in deanship with varying degrees. Factors that motivate male and females into deanship are identified as well as how both male and female deans react to these challenges, and the proposed support for deans’ academic growth. This study provides options for university management on how best university governance and structures should enable the deans to discharge their academic mandates in the most efficient and effective way without compromising the deanship and academic growth of both genders. Overall, the study finds that although there are some significant efforts in place to mainstream gender in leadership and management among others, Make- rere University structures are still in favour of the male gender. There are supportive structures in deanship but no deliberate efforts are in place to encourage women in deanship. The deans know what it takes to advance academically although the environment does not seem to have changed so much to create a level ground for females to compete for leadership posi- tions – something that may negatively impact on institutional development and gender equity in particular. Makerere University needs to rethink its leadership and management strategy to integrate gender fully with a view to becoming more inclusive for institutional development.
7 - The Academic Dean and the Challenges of Meeting Changing Expectations in a Competitive Higher Education Environment in Africa
Authors: Alfred Otara
Published: July 2023

This article seeks to provide guidelines for leadership decisions and prac- tices that university deans can follow to be effective in their institutions and be relevant in an increasingly competitive African milieu. The paper provides an overview of academic leadership by faculty deans and assesses the degree to which they demonstrate leadership in addressing contempo- rary challenges and expectations. The paper shows how academic leaders must hold and convey ideas and knowledge that could shape managerial thought and practice. It also emphasizes that they must develop a human resource network inside and outside their departments and university and at levels – be they local, national, and international. Academic leadership needs to have a structured approach to faculty and staff promotion and development, and it should be placed on a priority list. Deans need to use technology and communication channels effectively to improve access to knowledge. The educational programmes must be dynamic and streamlined to meet the demands of the job market as well as the aspirations of all the stakeholders, including the external stakeholders.
2 - Universities and Regional Development: Lessons from the OECD Regional Assessment of the Free State, South Africa
Authors: Samuel Fongwa  , Lochner Marais  , Doreen Atkinson
Published: July 2023

For the past few decades, the debate surrounding the ‘third mission’ of universities in South Africa has been dominated by the notion of univer- sity-community engagement. At the same time, the notion of regional development has come under the spotlight internationally. Drawing on existing literature on the relationship between universities, knowledge, the economy and community engagement, this paper scrutinises the OECD review of university-regional engagement in the Free State province in order to identify key lessons. Our contention is that, because the notion of regional engagement has become a central part of university manage- ment, assessment and even rankings, it should be viewed as an integral part of a university’s core activities of teaching and research, rather than as a separate third mission. Furthermore, findings reveal that a university’s engagement with its region also depends on regional assets and structures to support such processes.
5 - Neoliberalism and the Changing Role of Universities in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Research and Development
Authors: Daniel N. Sifuna
Published: July 2023

With some specific examples from Kenyan universities, this article re- views the role of the post-independence African university in research and development, and the effect of neo-liberalism and funding on these activities. It was established that since their inception in the colonial era, the academic purpose of universities in Africa was essentially similar to that of universities the world over; to teach and advance knowledge by disinterested research and to maintain standards of teaching at a level which could be clearly related to those established in other countries. Fol- lowing the achievement of independence, universities were designated as ‘development universities’, which meant, they were expected to undertake research and participate in the development of their respective countries. Most African universities tried in a variety of ways to further the idea of the development university, but due to inherent internal structures as well as the prevailing political climate, it failed to emerge as a ‘development university.’ However, such challenges to the development university did not diminish the central role of the African universities in research and develop- ment. African universities, as others the world over, are required to respond to a variety of needs and fulfil many aims, and this is not a matter of external demands, but of the multifaceted commitment rooted in the traditions of the universities themselves and of the academic profession. This article demonstrates that the neo-liberal ideology which required a significant with- drawal of the state in social provision through drastic reductions in social expenditure, which includes education, contributed to drastic reduction in public expenditure in higher education. This reduction in funding has had a far-reaching effect on the quantity and quality of research in most African universities. The virtual lack of research has serious implications on the role of the university which is characterised by disciplinary specialisation and basic research; which means public universities in Africa are increas- ingly losing out on their role as producers and disseminators of researched knowledge for the development of their countries.
6 - Quality Assurance in Ethiopian Higher Education: Boon or Bandwagon in Light of Quality Improvement?
Authors: Tefera Tadesse
Published: July 2023

Quality assurance has become a global issue crossing the cultural contexts of many higher education systems. However, questions still remain whether this notion underpins deeper quality improvement in instructional practice and student learning outcomes. In Africa, where there are rapidly growing and diversified higher education systems, the need to assure quality through external examiners, audits, subject reviews or benchmarking is evident, but it is not clear if quality and standards of education are improved as a con- sequence. This study examines whether the process and contents of quality assurance constitute a substantial means by which Ethiopian higher learning institutions improve the quality of teaching and learning. It also outlines the consequences of quality assurance and its associated factors. The study employed an evaluative case study that draws on a critical (emancipatory) paradigm of evaluation and reflective judgement, viewing through Perellon’s (2007) conceptual framework. Results suggest the presence of some misalign- ment and inherent methodological flaws; and these have brought only partial benefits, and some unintended ill-effects. The root causes of these results, as illustrated in this article, are that there is a lack of primary focus and holistic thinking in a sense to effect deeper improvement, and a likelihood of hopping on a quality assurance bandwagon. This article offers a perspective on what must be done to bridge the prevailing gaps in quality assurance functions, and build a culture of quality to improve current practices.
2 - Using Indigenous Games to Teach Problem-solving in Mathematics in Rural Learning Ecologies
Authors: Moloi Tshele John
Published: July 2023

This article explores the use of morabaraba, a board game, as an example of indigenous games to teach problem-solving in mathematics. This approach is part of a rural learning ecology informed by the theory of community cultural wealth that posits community members as experts and empowers communities to find their own solutions to local issues. It is based on the existence of knowledge which learners possess but is not used in the teach- ing and learning of mathematics; there is no deficiency in the marginalized knowledge of the excluded people (Yosso 2005: 79). The author tapped into the marginalized knowledge of subaltern communities to teach problem- solving using participatory action research in generating data, hence the involvement of community members (parents, traditional leaders), education experts (teachers, mathematics subject advisors, lecturers from institutions of higher learning) and learners themselves. The primary data was generated using a tape-recorder and video camera, analysed using Van Dijk’s (2001) critical discourse analysis to identify instances of ‘discursive injustices’ in text and talk, and to acquire deeper meanings of the text. It signifies a form of resistance to unethical and unjust social power relations.
3 - Sustainable Rural Learning Ecologies: A Pathway to Acknowledging African Knowledge Systems in the Arena of Mainstream of Knowledge Production?
Authors: Nkoane Milton M.
Published: July 2023

This article proposes an idea which to most might seem misplaced and unrealistic. Its aim is to demystify myths around African scholarship and rural learning ecologies that are misrepresented in discourses dominant in the global North. Sustainable rural learning ecologies located within African-centred philosophy should be understood in this context as a transformational agenda and a vehicle for knowledge construction. The concept of sustainable rural learning ecologies is simply about acknowl- edging knowledge constructions within the rural contexts as knowledge embedded in African value systems. Knowledge construction in a rural learning context should be celebrated for its strengths and opportunities, as having its own comparative and competitive advantage in the global discourse arena. Sustainable rural learning ecologies (SuRLEc) should be understood as an epistemological discourse that makes meaning and critiques the dominant body of knowledge by affirming rural context and cultural constructs. The paper examines hegemonic dominant discourses that try to monopolize knowledge production systems and domesticate other parameters for the interpretation of realities as historically obsolete, irrational and pre-modern. It argues that SuRLEc is a platform that holds people’s experiences as sources for the construction of forms of knowl- edge. I therefore argue for learning ecologies that acknowledge different formations and foundations for the construction of pyramids of knowledge. I conclude by dismissing views that hold that any one pyramid of knowledge is by its nature eminently superior to all others.
7 - Improving the Quality of Education among Rural Learners through the Use of Open and Flexible Approaches in Lesotho’s Secondary Schools
Authors: Nyabanyaba Thabiso
Published: July 2023

Despite gains made in the past two decades in improving access rates, learners in Lesotho continue to suffer from high dropout rates at primary level and poor access rates at secondary level, particularly in the rural areas. This paper draws on the findings from an intervention aimed at identifying and overcoming entrenched patterns of educational inequality and disad- vantage among Basotho learners and exploring what can be done about the poor completion rates in particular. The findings show important real and potential benefits arising from the use of open, distance and flexible learning for reversing the interruptions to schooling caused by poverty and HIV/AIDS among marginalized groups of learners in rural areas in Lesotho. Most importantly, the paper demonstrates the sustainability of affordable initiatives in terms of improving the quality of education among rural learners through the creation of circles of support around learners at risk of dropping out of school.
13 - Creating Effective Postgraduate Learning Environments: An Analysis of an Intervention from Realist Social Theory
Authors: Mahlomaholo Sechaba
Published: July 2023

This paper analyses two illustrative reports of the external examiners on some of the manuscripts of the twenty postgraduate students who graduated at the University of the Free State between 2013 and 2014. The students were part of the twenty-eight PhD and twenty-two MEd students as well as fifteen supervisors working in a cohort approach within the Sustainable Postgraduate Learning Environments research project. The two reports are analysed in order to document, understand and illustrate how the Sus- tainable Postgraduate Learning Environments facilitate good academic performance. The focus is mainly on the working together of the actors’ emotional and cognitive aspects. The argument is that the two reports refer to two different sides of the same process, implying that improvements in the students’ academic performance are influenced by the extent to which they are validated through a caring learning environment. However, it should be noted that even poor academic performance seems to be a reflec- tion of the problems in this interaction. Both students and supervisors are affected in the same way. The paper uses Margaret Archer’s theory of social realism to generate an understanding of how the interaction between the students and the supervisors on the one hand, and between cognition and emotion on the other hand, produce particular academic performances that are central in the creation of sustainable postgraduate learning environ- ments. The argument put forth is that agency and structure can and should not be collapsed into each other, even though the two co-constitute each other. Tolerance of their separation enables individual agents to take charge of their own lives despite the constraints of their situations to construct particular meanings; hence, their good academic performance beyond the dictates of their contexts.
6 - Availability of Study Time for Undergraduate Finance Students at an Open and Distance Learning Institution in South Africa
Authors: Gref G.P.M.
Published: July 2023

Adult learners at open distance learning institutions often experience in- creased demands from their employers, families and society. Continuously challenged by time constraints, adult learners are confronted with time allocation decisions of meeting academic responsibilities while maintain- ing a work–life balance. This research evaluated the time management of adult learners by determining whether adult learners commit the appropriate number of study hours to their academic responsibilities in accordance with the prescribed notional credit hours. An online questionnaire was distrib- uted to a sample of students studying towards a baccalaureate degree in financial management within an academic department at an open distance learning institution. The results suggested that students commit insufficient time to academic responsibilities measured against the notional credit hour system. To manage time better, adult learners should be informed of the rationale behind the notional credit hour system and be introduced to a time management tool whereby those students who fail to make adequate progress should be enrolled on time management courses.
7 - Towards the Institutionalization of Research Uptake Management in Sub-Saharan African Universities
Authors: Harber Tomas , Grobbelaar Sara S.
Published: July 2023

This paper examines the process of research uptake institutionalization tak- ing place at universities in the African context. It explores the importance of the emerging concept of Research Uptake Management (RUM) and provides a rationale for why it is becoming increasingly relevant within the higher education sector, both inside and outside of Africa. In so doing, this paper proposes a conceptual framework for strengthening RUM capacity based on an in-depth analysis of primary source material. It unpacks exist- ing capacity development needs across a selection of African universities within the sub-Saharan region, and examines how universities in a nascent stage of developing RUM practices are approaching the institutionalization of research uptake.
JHEA, Volume 14, n°2, 2016 - Full Issue
Authors: System Journal
Published: July 2023

Contents

Research-based Honours Degrees: The Perspective of Bachelor of Commerce Students at the University of South Africa

Edmund Ferreira & Sumei van Antwerpen...................................1

La réforme LMD au Sénégal : le point de vue des étudiants

Babacar Diop................................................... 21

Introducing Open Source Reference Management Software to a Rural South African Campus: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Workshops at the University of the Free State’s Qwaqwa Campus

Aliza le Roux & Diana Breshears...................................... 49

La gouvernance des universités au Sénégal : une grande réforme, mais pas une rupture

Diène Colly Ousseynou Diouf.............................. 61

The Exploration of Service Quality Leadership for Private Higher Education Institutions in South Africa

Riaan Dirkse van Schalkwyk & Rigard J Steenkamp...................... 85

Brief Assessment of Higher Education Governance in Ethiopia:Reflection on the Leap of the Decade

Anteneh Melu................................................... 107
2 - Quality Issues in Kenya’s Higher Education Institutions
Authors: Marwa Simmy M. , Kagondu Rosemary
Published: July 2023

The capability of higher education institutions (HEIs) to serve as drivers of economic competitiveness is reducing in different developing countries due to numerous constraints which interfere with their quality. This article empirically investigated the quality assurance practices in Kenya’s HEIs, efficacy of the frameworks used, gaps and opportunities for improvement. Perceptions on eight dimensions of quality, namely, governance and management, programme planning and management, curriculum development, teaching and learning, infrastructure, assessment, research, publication and innovation and programme results were sought from three categories of respondents in eight universities.Data were collected from a sample of 136 academic staff, 340 students, and 34 staff of quality assurance directorates out of a total of 222,384, and 38 targeted respondents respectively. A 7 point Likert scale: questionnaire (ranging from 1= Strongly Disagree to 7 = Strongly Agree) was administered. The quantitative data was corroborated through interviewing the three respondent groups in the study. Analysis of gaps depicted by the differences in the weighted averages of responses of staff of quality assurance directorates and academic staff, staff of quality assurance directorates and students, and academic staff and students was done. Each HEI was first analysed individually and then findings were consolidated to obtain the overall gap on each quality dimension studied across all participating HEIs.
Results indicated revealed gaps in each of the eight dimensions of quality investigated and showed Kenya’s HEIs were at different levels on the quality continuum. Hence as the results are suggestive of room for improvement, HEIs have the opportunity to benchmark with local HEIs that have progressed on certain parameters of quality and, evolve homegrown models of best practice. This will enable these institutions to continuously improve their positioning on the quality continuum which is a key tenet of quality management. The most challenged dimension was research and publication. The research recommends that Commission for University Education (CUE) should strengthen accountability mechanisms in the HEIs. It brings to the fore the need for HEIs to develop and strengthen their collaborations and networks between themselves and with industry.
3 - University Students’ Learning Experiences: Nuanced Voices from Graduate Tracer Study
Authors: Wahome Mary Nyawira , Egesah Omar Badiru
Published: July 2023

To strengthen teaching and learning for university students in the East African region, universities can employ various strategies many of which resonate best teaching and learning practices. Around East Africa, good teaching and learning practices are highly sought by higher education governing bodies such as the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) and in-country bodies such as Ministries of Higher Education (MoHE) and Commissions for University Education (CUEs). Universities have a variety of approaches they apply to ensure quality assurance of services they provide to students, who are their key stakeholders. These include quality manuals and academic procedures, that if judiciously utilised can ensure effective teaching and learning. These quality instruments that are informed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), aspiring to quality in teaching and learning, but to date this pursuit is in its early stages their application. One recent and innovative way of ensuring quality learning at universities worldwide, is the utilisation of feedback from graduates for improvement of teaching and learning spaces, conditions, provisions and programmes. This feedback can be obtained and used from graduate tracer studies (GTS). Moi University researchers in Kenya developed and conducted a GTS, which yielded results indicating that there are challenges in the teaching and learning activities of the university. The GTS results further, reveal weaknesses in teaching and learning, that the university should address by aligning improvement plans to the lessons learnt to improve teaching and learning. The GTS was conducted between 2010 and 2013, using a survey tool that examined the following objectives: sociobiographic characteristics of respondents; study conditions, provisions and experiences; job search and transition to work; employment and work; work and competencies; study and work link. This paper reports how voices of graduates sought and reported through the GTS can be used to improve teaching and learning at Moi University by addressing study conditions, study provisions and study programmes. Results indicate how expansion into practical, field, outreach and skills and competencies-based teaching and learning is nuanced, clearly, the results are key to the university’s future directions and efforts.
6 - Student Evaluation of Teaching: Bringing Principles into Practice
Authors: Khamis Tashmin , Tennant Geoff
Published: July 2023

Student evaluation of the teaching process is an important quality assurance tool with the potential to give data that can be used to inform the development of courses and guidance of instructors. They have become increasingly important in western countries over the last forty years or so as their results are also used for ‘high stakes’ purposes. This paper examines the background of student evaluations, including reasons – sometimes conflicting – for undertaking them, choice of question items, administration, and analysis and use of results. The design of the Student Evaluation of Teaching used at the Aga Khan University is described; it looks to capture the student voice in a meaningful, helpful and proportionate manner. Data from the pilot stage, which assessed the efficacy of student evaluation of teaching, are given along with pointers for future good practices.
JHEA, Volume 15, n°2, 2017 - Full Issue
Authors: System Journal
Published: July 2023

Contents
Positioning Universities as Engines of Innovation for Sustainable Development and Transformation
Paul Tiyambe Zeleza .................................................1
Enhancing Doctoral Supervision Practices in Africa: Reflection on the CARTA Approach
Manderson, Göran Bondjers, Chimaraoke Izugbara, Donald C. Cole, Omar Egesah, Alex Ezeh, Sharon Fonn ............................23
Performative Injunctions in the Higher Education Body: The Discursive Career of Research Capacity Development in a South African University Faculty of Education
Aslam Fataar .......................................41
Implications of Social Media on Student Activism: The South African Experience in a Digital Age
Mthokozisi Emmanuel Ntuli & Damtew Teferra ..................................63
Analysing South Africa’s Soft Power in Africa through the Knowledge Diplomacy of Higher Education
Olusola Ogunnubi & Lester Brian Shawa ...................................81
Effet des caractéristiques pré-admissions et de l’expérience du système universitaire sur la persévérance aux études en enseignement supérieur : perspective de recherche en Afrique
Alexis Salvador Loyé, Eric Frenette & Jean-François Kobiané..........................109
Legal Educational Platforms and Disciplines of the Future
Cosmas Cheka.....................................................133
‘Makererization’: Politics, Leadership and Management at the University of Bostwana from 2011–2017
Christian John Makgala....................................147
7 - Legal Educational Platforms and Disciplines of the Future
Authors: Cheka Cosmas
Published: July 2023

Provision of quality education has become a leading challenge in the world today. In 2005, world university population was 138 million. In Cameroon’s state universities, the student population of the universities of Yaoundé University II and Ngaoundéré for example, was respectively some 27,000 and 23,000 in 2017/18. These numbers pose problems of cost, geography, infrastructure and educational delivery platforms that the confines of traditional university and its departments cannot accommodate. This article attempts a definition of the legal educational platforms and the disciplines of the future in Cameroon. The article was prepared through a combination of archival and internet search, and expert consultation. Archival and Internet research was carried out through an analysis of the existing literature in the domains of web technologies, online learning courseware, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) as well as of legal disciplines and delivery platforms. Expert consultation was attained through qualitative interviews and exchanges with university administrators. The results show that web technologies, the Internet, MOOC, edX and Coursera hold solutions to some of the problems of platforms. Robotics and AI now enhance courseware delivery while dictating where policy, legal disciplines and the law should go. Robotics and AI have also disrupted the concept of ‘labour’ and ‘rights’. Similarly, machines and AI rely on personal and corporate data to function but attacks on network confidentiality, availability and integrity have given birth to new legal disciplines such as the laws of cyberwarfare, data-governance, digital intellectual property, e-commerce and electronic contracts.
4 - African Diaspora and its Multiple Academic Affiliations: Curtailing Brain Drain in African Higher Education through Translocal Academic Engagemen
Authors: Langa Patrício V.
Published: July 2023

Scholars with multiple affiliations have become more visible by assuming their particular role in redressing global knowledge production inequities. This article explores multiple academic affiliations (MAAs) as one way to curb the effects of brain drain, particularly in African universities. It argues that MAAs, is an effective way to reverse the effects of brain drain and promote brain circulation and sharing. The article proposes the concept of translocal academic engagement (TLAE) as a form of international academic exchange and brain-sharing which is not limited to physical mobility (circulation) from one geographical location to the other, but which includes virtual exchange and knowledge-sharing through blended learning delivery methods, e-pedagogies and the use of digital communication technology platforms such as Communities of Practice. The article concludes by suggesting that MAAs, if properly managed, can be a success factor in TLAE activities, particularly in the age of Web 4.0, in mitigating or shifting currently dominating knowledge production flows. TLAE offers possibilities for a win-win situation of academic exchange between higher education institutions in emerging systems.
JHEA, Volume 2, n°1, 2004 - Full Issue
Authors: Journal System
Published: July 2023

Journal of Higher Education in Africa, Volume 2, n°1, 2004
JHEA, Volume 2, n°3, 2004 - Full Issue
Authors: Journal System
Published: July 2023

Journal of Higher Education in Africa, Volume 2, n°3, 2004
JHEA, Volume 4, n°1, 2006 - Full Issue
Authors: Journal system Journal system
Published: July 2023

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3 - Institutional Transformations and Implications for Access and Quality in Public and Private Universities in Kenya: A Comparative Study
Authors: Otiende James E.
Published: July 2023

This paper discusses the implications of the rapid expansion and transformations in African universities on access and quality. Using the example of Kenya, it looks at both the transformations that have occurred in the number of institutions of higher learning and also in the structural diversity of programmes and enrolment. With public universities facing economic challenges, public-financed higher education is increasingly perceived to be wasteful economically and restrictive in access, and consequently working against the realization of equity and compromising quality due to dependence on receding central government finances. The paper situates this shift in thinking with the emergence of neo-liberalism in Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. It argues that these shifts, together with the fiscal crisis of African countries have accelerated the growth of private universities in Africa. This situation poses serious challenges to the quality of knowledge production and to teaching in private and public universities alike. To address issues of access and quality, the paper emphasizes the need for multidisciplinarity, diversification of courses, improved institutional management, greater equity, and quality monitoring and evaluation. The paper argues for improved institutional accountability through institutionaliza- tion of external quality control, and for mainstreaming and facilitating research. There is also need for government to assist private universities in sourcing the re- quired capital for their further development.
5 - La crise de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique francophone: une analyse pour les cas du Burkina Faso, du Cameroun, du Congo, et de la Côte d’Ivoire
Authors: Makosso Bethuel
Published: July 2023

L’objet de cet article est de contribuer à la réflexion que nécessitent les nouvelles formes d’exigences qui remettent en cause les performances des universités africai- nes dès lors que celles-ci influencent autant le marché du travail que l’évolution des connaissances. En effet, la crise multiforme que connaît l’université africaine et qui concerne à la fois la pertinence, la qualité, la gestion et le financement de l’ensei- gnement supérieur a engendré ces deux dernières décennies la dégradation des in- frastructures et du milieu d’apprentissage, l’exode continu des cerveaux, le déclin de la recherche et l’amplification des conflits entre étudiants, syndicats des person- nels et l’administration de l’enseignement supérieur. Cet article qui présente autant les caractéristiques que les causes de cette crise propose une esquisse de programme de refondation de l’université africaine qui devrait s’articuler autour des questions de l’intégration, de la pertinence et de la qualité.