Funding Strategies for Qualitative University Education in Developing Economies: The Case of Nigeria

Autor/in	Akinyemi, Samuel
Titel	Funding Strategies for Qualitative University Education in Developing Economies: The Case of Nigeria
Quelle	In: International Journal of Higher Education, 2 (2013) 1, S.53-59 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6044
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Developing Nations; Funding Formulas; Educational Finance; Educational Quality; Statistical Data; Statistical Analysis; Tuition; Fees; Higher Education; Resource Allocation; Educational Strategies; Educational Practices; Fund Raising; State Federal Aid; Philanthropic Foundations; Private Financial Support; Finance Reform; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Funding; Finanzierung; Bildungsfonds; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Statistische Analyse; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ressourcenallokation; Lehrstrategie; Bildungspraxis; Fundraising; Spendensammlung; Philanthropismus; Private Investition; Financial reform; Finanzreform
Abstract	The problem of funding universities in developing economies has become a reoccurring problem often resulting in calamitous effect on teaching and research, and intellectual capital flight of academics. The inadequate funding of universities in developing countries especially West Africa is a prime cause of other problems that have undermined quality in university education. With the level of funding in tertiary institutions in West Africa, there is the need to evolve some funding strategies that will make it possible for the universities to achieve qualitative education. In view of the above, this paper examines funding strategies for qualitative university education in developing economies using the experiences of the Nigerian Universities as a case study. This paper made use of secondary data which were collected from the Federal Government of Nigeria's Office of Statistics and National Statistics Bureau. The tuition fees analyzed in this paper were collected from the admission offices of the six public universities purposively selected from 72 public universities (both federal and state universities) in Nigeria. Since the pursuit of qualitative university education bothers on all stakeholders--the government, parents, individuals, firms and cooperate bodies, this paper therefore recognizes funding as an external factor and a necessary condition for achieving qualitative university education in developing economies. (As Provided).
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