5 - Junior Academics within Middle Level Academic Leadership in Emerging Universities in Nigeria
Corresponding Author(s) : Babatunde Joshua Omotosho
Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique,
Vol. 17 No 1-2 (2019): Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique: Numéro sur Leadership et enseignement supérieur en Afrique
Résumé
L’un des évènements émergents au sein du leadership académique de niveau intermédiaire dans les universités nigérianes est lié à l’inclusion d’universitaires en tout début de carrière au leadership de niveau intermédiaire. Le terme « universitaire junior » est utilisé ici pour désigner les universitaires qui sont inscrits aux études doctorales ou sont nouvellement diplômés de programmemes doctoraux et qui entament le processus de socialisation dans les cultures académiques institutionnelles. Dans la plupart des universités émergentes (3ème génération), ces universitaires se voient souvent attribuer des rôles académiques et administratifs qui, autrement, seraient effectuées par des universitaires de niveau moyen dans les universités bien établies. Cette tendance, qui se produit principalement dans les universités émergentes, semble être une réponse à la pénurie d’universitaires de niveau intermédiaire dans des postes de leader de niveau intermédiaire. Cette évolution semble répondre aux défis à relever, mais les implications sur le leadership universitaire de niveau intermédiaire, l’administration et la gouvernance universitaires dans leur ensemble doivent être examinées de manière critique. Cet article porte donc sur la manière dont les universitaires débutants servant au sein du leadership de niveau intermédiaire ont vu le jour, les implications sur le leadership universitaire, et il conclut sur la manière de relever ce défi pour ouvrir la voie à un leadership académique de niveau intermédiaire efficace au sein de l’administration universitaire.
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Aliyu, M.S., 2005, ‘An examination of the causes of Brain drain in Nigerian Universities’, A case study of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria, MBA thesis, Ahmadu Bello University.
Austin, A.E., 2003, ‘Creating a Bridge to the Future: Preparing New Faculty to Face Changing Expectations in a Shifting Context’, Review of Higher Education, vol. 26, pp. 119-144.
Briggs, A.R.J., 2007, ‘Exploring Professional Identities: Middle Leadership in Further Education Colleges’, School Leadership & Management, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 471-485.
Clegg, S., & McAuley, J., 2005, ‘Conceptualising Middle Management in Higher Education: A Multifaceted Discourse’, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 19–34.
Deem, R., & Hillyard, S., 2002, ‘Making Time for Management – the Careers and Lives of Manager-Academics in UK Universities’, in G. Crow & S.J. Heath, eds., Social Conceptions of Time, pp. 126-43, Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Deem, R., & Lucas, L., 2007, ‘Research and Teaching Cultures in Two Contrasting UK Policy Contexts: Academic Life in Education Departments in Five English and Scottish Universities’, Higher Education, vol. 54, pp. 115-133.
Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), 2012, Reports on Need Assessment of Nigerian Public Universities, Abuja.
Filan, G.L., & Seagren, A.T., 2003, ‘Six Critical Issues for Midlevel Leadership in Postsecondary Settings’, New Directions for Higher Education, vol. 124, pp. 21-31.
Floyd, A., & Dimmock, C., 2011, ‘“Jugglers”, “Copers” and “Strugglers”: Academics’ Perceptions of Being a HOD in a Post-1992 UK University and How It Influences their Future Careers’, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 387-99.
Gleeson, D., & Shain, F., 1999, ‘Managing Ambiguity: Between Markets and Managerialism – A Case Study of Middle Managers in Further Education’, The Sociological Review, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 461-490.
Kogan, M., Khawas, E. & Moses, I., 1994, Staffing in Higher Education. London: OECD.
Lawal, I., 2018 (6 December), ‘National Assembly’s move for more public higher institutions amidst inadequate funding’, The Guardian. Retrieved from https://guardian.ng/ features/between-more-public-higher-institutions-and-inadequate-funding/
Leader, G., 2004, ‘Further Education Middle Managers: Their Contribution to the Strategic Decision-Making Process’, Educational Management Administration & Leadership, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 67-79.
Menges, R., ed., 1999, Faculty in New Jobs: A Guide to Settling In, Becoming Established, and Building Institutional Support, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), 2011, ‘Digest of Statistics on Colleges of Education and other NCE Awarding Institutions in Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria.
Nwachukwu, C., 1977, ‘Issues and Problems of Financing Education in Nigeria’, The Journal of Negro Education, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 219-229.
Obasi, N.I. & Eboh, E.C., 2001, ‘Cost sharing crises in Nigerian universities: Policy lesson from an empirical study’, Research Report submitted to the Association of African Universities (AAU), Accra, Ghana. Retrieved from www.aau.org.
Robins, S.P., 2006, Organisational Behaviour, translated by P. Ali and M. Arabi, Tehran, Iran: Cultural Research and Studies Institute.
Sabaghian, Z., 2009, University Culture as an Investigational Frame: New Approaches in Higher Education, Tehran, Iran: Social and Cultural Studies Research Center Publications.
Santiago, R., Carvalho, T., Amaral, A. & Meek, V. L., 2006, ‘Changing Patterns in the Middle Management of Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Portugal’, Higher Education, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 215–250.
Sarros, J. C., Gmelch, W. H. & Tanewski, G., 1997, ‘The role of department head in Australian universities’, Higher Education Research & Development, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 283-292.
Sawyerr, A., 2004, ‘Challenges Facing African Universities: Selected Issues’, African Studies Review, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 1-59.
Shein, E.H., 1992, Organisational Culture and Leadership, San Francisco: Jossey- Bass.
Teferra, D., 2004, ‘African Higher Education: Challenges for the 21st Century’, Higher Education, vol. 47, pp. 21-50.
Vanguard, 2016, ‘We need 100,000 new lecturers for Nigerian Universities’. Retrieved from https://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/we-need-100000-new-lecturers-for-nigerian-varsities-asuu/
Whitt, E.J., 1991, ‘Hit the ground running: Experiences of new faculty in a school of education’, Review of Higher Education, vol. 14, pp. 177-197.
Wolverton, M. & Gmelch, W.H., 2002, College Deans: Leading from Within, Westport, CT: American Council on Education, Oryx Press.
Yizengaw, T., 2008, Challenges Facing Higher Education in Africa and Lessons from Experience, Washington, DC: Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative.
Zeleza, P.T., 2004, ‘The African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa: The Challenges of Productive Engagement’, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 261–277.