Academic freedom and the development of higher education in Ethiopia: the case of Addis Ababa University 1950-2005 synopsis of a PhD dissertation

Asgedom, Amare

doi:10.4314/ejossah.v3i2.29878

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“…In the final part of this paper I want to draw from, in particular, the experience of the UEA doctoral students and especially Amare Asgedom's account of the academic context of Addis Ababa University (Asgedom, 2007) to address this question. Engagement with AAU served, among other things, to highlight cultural features of a university environment which can too easily be taken for granted.…”

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Educational Research Culture and Capacity Building: The Case of Addis Ababa University

Ridley

2011

British Journal of Educational Studies

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This paper draws on several projects over sixteen years which attempted to develop capacity in educational research at Addis Ababa University. It identifies what might be considered indicators of a thriving research environment as defined from a UK perspective, not simply the necessary skills and infrastructure requirements but also what might be considered 'academic ' or 'intellectual' virtues. Having outlined specific project activities, our responses and mutual learning, the paper goes on to consider how such qualities might relate to an Ethiopian academic setting where cultural norms and political contexts have tended to encourage silence and caution rather than critique and argument. Thus through these comparisons, I argue that research capacity building is not just a body of knowledge or set of techniques to be delivered through workshops, but is about the importance of developing a research culture which engages with the underlying attitudes that derive from the country context.

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Section: From Research Capacity To Research Culture?mentioning

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Educational Research Culture and Capacity Building: The Case of Addis Ababa University

Ridley

2011

British Journal of Educational Studies

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“…Turning to empirical evidence, since academic literature on university autonomy in Ethiopia is scanty especially in its own right, autonomy addressed just as an aspect of academic freedom (in Asgedom, 2007Asgedom, , 2008Assefa, 2008;Semela, 2007) have been used. Of these, the latter two have wider coverage considering seven public universities and four private colleges.…”

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University Autonomy: The Ethiopian Experience

Gebru

2013

International Journal of Educational Reform

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This article discusses and analyzes the state of university autonomy in Ethiopia at a time when the country has embarked on massive expansion of the sector, and universities are established out of urban centers based on regional equity. Legislative provisions and case study reports were reviewed, and lived experiences documented with emphasis on academic, financial, staffing, and governance matters. Following, generalizations were made in order that the country benefits out of the sector.

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“…Basically, academic-staffs working in Ethiopian universities are expected to have adequate competencies in the following research competence domains: research instruction, research production, interpersonal relations or collaborative skills, research knowledge, and overall skills, together with desired research dispositions (values, Beliefs, attitudes etc. ), (Pring, 2001;Fosci etal, 2019;Ridley, 2011;Amare, 2007;Larivière;Hall & Omojiba, 2022, Kerebih et al, 2020. However, many academics working in Ethiopian universities became insufficient with all the three necessities, such as research knowledge, skills, and the desired research culture, as observed in the quality audit reports, research work performance reports, and self-evaluation study reports (HERQA, 2008).…”

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Examining the Volume and Quality Statuses of Universities’ and Academics’ Research Production, Dissemination and Utilization for Sustainable Development: Applying RBVT and SDT for Exploring the Reasons behind the Identified Statuses

Abie,

Bitew,

Mengistie

2023

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The study was aimed at examining the status of research productivity and exploring the factors behind the identified status in Ethiopian universities from SDT and RBVT perspectives. In phase I, a null hypothesis was tested using a one-sample t-test at 0.05 alphas while in phase II one RQ was solved using qualitative analysis. The sample involved 531 academics, of whom 13 were interviewed. The mixed-methods research approach and explanatory sequential design guided this research. The status of research project production, indexed publication, and conference presentation performances in Ethiopian universities demonstrated statistically significant mean differences below the institutional, national, and world average cut-off points (performing at least one research project, one indexed journal, and one conference paper presentation per year per academic staff). Furthermore, we explored scarcity of funds, low research capacity, weak research culture, lack of productive institutional leadership, and political instability in the country as major causes of the low research productivity status. The researchers felt that the study would contribute to both promoting academic staff's research productivity and enriching the higher education research literature. MOE, university presidents, and deans should intervene in causes to improve academics’ research productivity status towards the desired local and global standards.

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Academic freedom and the development of higher education in Ethiopia: the case of Addis Ababa University 1950-2005 synopsis of a PhD dissertation

Cited by 10 publications

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Educational Research Culture and Capacity Building: The Case of Addis Ababa University

Educational Research Culture and Capacity Building: The Case of Addis Ababa University

University Autonomy: The Ethiopian Experience

Examining the Volume and Quality Statuses of Universities’ and Academics’ Research Production, Dissemination and Utilization for Sustainable Development: Applying RBVT and SDT for Exploring the Reasons behind the Identified Statuses

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