Fifty years of university education in Nigeria
Subtitle: evolution, achievements, and future directions
By: edited by Julius Okojie, Is-haq Oloyede & Pai Obanya
Contributors: University of Ilorin; Nigeria. National Universities Commission
Publisher: University of Ilorin and National Universities Commission
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Ilorin, Nigeria]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 581
ISBN-13: 9789789096398
Subjects: Academic achievement; Higher Education; Education and state; Universities and colleges; History
Other titles: 50 years of university education in Nigeria
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The beginnings and evolution of university education in Nigeria  -- Babs Fafunwa; title: Highlights of historical development of university education in Nigeria  -- Michael Omolewa; title: An overview of the philosophical, historical, political, and socio-economic factors that have impacted on the development of universities in Nigeria  -- A.A. Jekayinfa ... [et al.]; title: Phases in the development of a Nigerian university : the University of Ilorin experience  -- Is-haq O. Oloyede; title: Policy directives at the systems level : NUC's response over the years  -- Julius Okojie; title: Funding : a vexed issue in university education  -- Ayu Sijuwola; title: Accreditation : its benefits and challenges  -- A.G.A.S. Oladosu; title: Accreditation of Nigerian universities : the practice, benefits, and challenges  -- Ifeoma A. Archibong; title: Peculiar challenges of state government-owned universities  -- J.O. Faniran; title: Prospects and challenges of private universities in Nigeria  -- H.O.B. Oloyede and Bola Adekola; title: Prospects and challenges of private universities in Nigeria : focus on Islamic missions' universities  -- Ibrahim Rafiu Adebayo; title: Towards a viable self-sufficiency in university funding  -- C.N. Abimbola and B.O. Badmus; title: The Nigerian university system since independence : challenges, uncertainties, and innovative survival strategies  -- Oye Ibidapo-Obe; title: Managerial competences : veritable tools for higher institutional survival  -- Olufolake Oyeyemi; title: Contributions of information and communication technology (ICT) to institutional management and academic work : the UNILORIN experience  -- O.V. Mejabi and S.A. Raji; title: Managing student-flow in Nigerian universities : the UNILORIN experience  -- K.I. Ayorinde and F.A.O. Olasehinde-Williams; title: Contributions of Nigerian universities over the years to knowledge and development in linguistics and language  -- Victoria A. Alabi and Mahfouz A. Adedimeji -- Enhancing the contributions of Nigerian academics and institutions to knowledge and development in mathematics / Sam O. Ale; title: Contributions of Nigerian universities to agricultural development in Nigeria / J.O. Atteh -- Legal education in Nigeria in the 21st century : challenges and prospects  -- Abdulwahab Egbewole and Yusuf Ibrahim Arowosaiye; title: The university as an element in the law and development matrix : an appraisal of 50 years of legal education in Nigeria  -- John Adebisi Arewa; title: Entrepreneu[r]ship education in Nigerian universities  -- Jackson O. Ofujide; title: Developing and implementing an institutional research policy  -- Olugbenga Mokuolu; title: Filling functional gaps in university education in Nigeria  -- Isaac Olawale Albert; title: The future of university education in Nigeria : distance learning in the universities  -- Olugbemiro Jegede; title: The global meltdown : an opportunity to refocus the triple mandate of universities  -- Pai Obanya; title: World-class status for Nigerian universities : goals, challenges, and pathways  -- Peter Okebukola; title: System-wide and institutional level prerequisites for building world-class universities in Nigeria -- Pai Obanya.