The Challenges of Building a National University in a Pacific Island Country: Lessons from the First Ten Years of Fiji National University

Autor/in	Healey, Nigel Martin
Titel	The Challenges of Building a National University in a Pacific Island Country: Lessons from the First Ten Years of Fiji National University
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 44 (2022) 2, S.166-184 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Healey, Nigel Martin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-080X
DOI	10.1080/1360080X.2022.2041255
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Public Colleges; Developing Nations; Universities; Educational Development; Administrative Organization; College Administration; Costs; Institutional Autonomy; Educational Finance; Financial Support; Competition; Cultural Influences; Fiji + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; University; Universität; Bildungsentwicklung; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Cost; Kosten; Institutionelle Autonomie; Bildungsfonds; Finanzielle Förderung; Wettkampf; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Fidschi
Abstract	Establishing a national university has been widely viewed by smaller developing countries as a means of asserting sovereignty and driving the country's economic, social, and cultural development. This has been particularly true in the South Pacific, despite the existence of the regional University of the South Pacific. Building a national university with the limited financial resources of a small developing country presents numerous challenges. This paper, using a critical ethnographic methodology, examines the lessons from the first ten years (2010-20) of Fiji National University from the perspective of an insider researcher. Some challenges are common to new universities created by merging smaller colleges. Others are more specific to developing countries, including the dependence on public funding and political patronage. Some challenges are more distinctively Pasifika, with cultural values of familial loyalty and respect for elders, sometimes in conflict with 'imported' management practices. The spectre of neo-colonialism is ever present. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01