4 - Institutional Constraints Affecting Quality Assurance Processes in Tanzania’s Private Universities
Corresponding Author(s) : Johnson Muchunguzi Ishengoma
Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique,
Vol. 15 No 1 (2017): Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique: Numéro spécial sur les tendances dans l’enseignement supérieur et les pratiques d’assurance de la qualité en Afrique de l’Est
Résumé
La présente étude a pour but d’identifier les contraintes institutionnelles des processus l’assurance qualité dans les universités et collèges privées en Tanzanie. Le plan de sondage descriptif combine les approches de recherche qualitative et quantitative. Des procédures d’échantillonnage intentionnel, stratifié et aléatoire ont été utilisées pour sélectionner un échantillon de 486 participants dans l’étude qui sont composés de 191 personnels académiques, 291 étudiants et 4 officiels de l’assurance qualité issus de quatre universités privées. Les questionnaires et les entretiens ont été utilisés pour la collecte de données. Les résultats indiquent que les principales contraintes institutionnelles aux processus de l’assurance qualité au niveau des universités privées tanzaniennes sont l’insuffisance du financement, le manque de capacité en termes de ressources humaines qualifiées et expérimentées adéquates pour entreprendre les fonctions d’assurance qualité, le manque de politiques d’assurance qualité claire et viable, le manque de sensibilisation sur les questions d’assurance qualité, et l’absence de leadership académique. Les implications théoriques et politiques de ces ont été abordées.
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- Ishengoma, J., 2007, ‘The debate on quality and private surge: a status review of private universities and colleges in Tanzania’, Boston College and Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, Vol. 5, Nos 2 and 3, pp. 85–109.
- Israel, G., 1992, Sampling the Evidence of Extension Program Impact: Program Evaluation and Organizational Development, Florida: University of Florida.
- Materu, P., 2007, Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Status, Challenges, Opportunities and Promising Practices, Washington DC: World Bank.
- Matimbo, F., 2002, The Growth of Private Universities and Private University Colleges in Tanzania, M. Phil. Dissertation, University of Oslo.
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Les références
Badiru, E. O., 2016, ‘Conducting Graduate Tracer Studies for Quality Assurance in East African Universities: A Focus on Graduate Students Voices on Quality Culture’, Journal of Education and Practice, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 174–181.
Black, S. A., 2015, ‘Qualities of effective leadership in higher education’, Open Journal of Leadership, No. 4, pp. 54–66. Available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ ojl.2015.4200.
Hayward, F., 2006, Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Higher Education in Africa, Ouagadougou.
Ishengoma, J., 2007, ‘The debate on quality and private surge: a status review of private universities and colleges in Tanzania’, Boston College and Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, Vol. 5, Nos 2 and 3, pp. 85–109.
Israel, G., 1992, Sampling the Evidence of Extension Program Impact: Program Evaluation and Organizational Development, Florida: University of Florida.
Materu, P., 2007, Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Status, Challenges, Opportunities and Promising Practices, Washington DC: World Bank.
Matimbo, F., 2002, The Growth of Private Universities and Private University Colleges in Tanzania, M. Phil. Dissertation, University of Oslo.
Sabaya, W., 2006, Tanzania’s System of Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education, A Paper presented at the International Conference on Quality Assurance and Recognition of Certificates in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
Simon, P., 2010, Academic Staff Capacities and Utilization in Private Universities in Tanzania, MEMA Dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam.
Tanzania Commission for Universities, 2012, Universities Accreditation. (www.tcu.tz/ universities/accreditation.php.rect).
Tanzania Commission for Universities, 2014, Quality Assurance General Guidelines and Minimal Standards for Provision of University Education in Tanzania,2nd ed., Dar es Salaam: TCU. Available online at http://www.tcu.go.tz/images/pdf/QA%20GUIDELINES%20AND%20STANDARDS.pdf.Accessed on 9 April 2016.
Tanzania Commission for Universities, 2015, Statistical Data of Teaching Staff in Higher Education Institutions 2015. Available online at http://www.tcu.go.tz/images/pdf/Statistical%20Data%20of%20Teaching%20Staff%20ih%20Higher%20Education%20Institutions%202015.pdf3.
United Republic of Tanzania, 1999, National Higher Education Policy, Dar es Salaam: Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology.
United Republic of Tanzania, 2005, Universities Act, Dar es Salaam: Government Printer.
United Republic of Tanzania, 2011, Universities and University Colleges in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam: Directorate of Higher Education.
Watty, K., 2003, ‘When will academics learn about quality?’, Quality in Higher Education, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 14–27.
Woodward, R., 2003, Case study: Cape Technikon, Paper presented at the HEQC Quality Assurance Managers’ Forum, Johannesburg.
Yang, L., 2011, ‘Formal education teaching quality assurance system strategy’, Journal ofAdult Education, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 28–29.