Institutionalization of Community Engagement at African Universities

Mugabi, Henry

doi:10.6017/ihe.2015.81.8739

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“…But there is no standard procedure across departments, lecturers, and students. In addition, community engagement is "marginally institutionalized" and poorly integrated with the budget, teaching and learning, and research activities of most African universities [15]. However, there are still some exceptions, some universities in South Africa, Uganda, and Ghana have good institutionalization of community service.…”

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Practices and Challenges of Community Services at Debre Markos University, Ethiopia: A Case Study

Mengist¹

2022

Business, Management and Economics

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Universities are the main actors that deliver community service in Ethiopia. Community service is among the three pillars of the university’s business along with teaching and research tasks. Employing a qualitative case study design, this research inspects the practices of community services against the ascribed principles and identifes the pitfalls of community service in Debre Markos University. Both primary and secondary data were collected. Primary data were collected through key informants interviews, semistructured interviews, and non-participant observation. Thirteen participants, five through key informant interview and eight through a semistructured interview were addressed. Participants were purposively selected from both the university and the nearby community. Lecturers, vice-presidents, and directors have participated in the interview. Articles, books, different reports, newspapers, and magazines were reviewed and used as sources of secondary data. Thematic data analysis technique was employed to analyze the primary data, and document analysis was used to analyze the data gained from secondary sources. The results show that, though community service is rendered since 2006 at Debre Markos University, there are still limitations in adhering to the principles of community service. These include shortage of budget, low level of University-Industry Linkage (UIL), less commitment of the staff, and the low level of monitoring and evaluation.

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Practices and Challenges of Community Services at Debre Markos University, Ethiopia: A Case Study

Mengist¹

2022

Business, Management and Economics

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“…The shifts and transformation being called for should be deep and pervasive, such that it affects the entire institution, is intentional and occurs over time (Saltmarsh, Janke & Clayton, 2015). Although some institutions have begun to prioritise engagement, Mugabi (2015) expressed that community engagement remains marginally institutionalised and most South African universities have not fully integrated engagement into their agenda. Furco (2014) argued that the institutionalisation of community engagement requires an intentional agenda for embedding it into the institution's academic culture.…”

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“…The institutionalisation of engagement therefore rests on developing university-wide agendas and policies, structures and practices to guide and facilitate the involvement of academic units, staff, students and external communities in engagement (Mugabi, 2015). An approved budget also appears important to supporting engagement, a problem that has challenged universities abroad (Weerts & Sandmann, 2010).…”

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“…In an African context most universities emphasise publications, supervision of students and teaching experience as criteria for promotion, as opposed to engagement work (Mugabi, 2015). Promotion policies that recognise CE need to be created alongside awards that recognise CE activities at institutions (O 'Meara, Sandmann, Saltmarsh & Giles, 2011).…”

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Towards the institutionalisation of community engagement in higher education in South Africa

Bhagwan

2020

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Although discourse related to the salience of community engagement in higher education has proliferated, little has focused on the process of institutionalisation of community engagement in South Africa. This paper presents findings from a national study that explored how community engagement could be institutionalised at higher education institutions locally. A qualitative research approach was used to guide the study and semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with members of executive management, members from the directorate and office of community engagement and academics from six universities nationally. Data revealed that there were eight key factors deserving of consideration in order to institutionalise community engagement through teaching and research, student involvement, transforming institutional infrastructure and through community partnerships.

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“…For many African universities the importance of supporting development through in-service training, community service or via extension activities forms part of their formal missions; however these often remain (especially the community engagement function) marginally institutionalized. Most university-driven development-focused projects take place on an ad hoc basis and are usually driven by individuals and groups of individuals resulting in often tenuous relationships and a lack of continuity (Lazarus et al 2008;Mugabi 2015). Within this process, the transmission of research findings outside the confines of the campus and to the broader community is a key component.…”

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7 - Towards the Institutionalization of Research Uptake Management in Sub-Saharan African Universities

Harber,

Grobbelaar

2022

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This paper examines the process of research uptake institutionalization tak- ing place at universities in the African context. It explores the importance of the emerging concept of Research Uptake Management (RUM) and provides a rationale for why it is becoming increasingly relevant within the higher education sector, both inside and outside of Africa. In so doing, this paper proposes a conceptual framework for strengthening RUM capacity based on an in-depth analysis of primary source material. It unpacks exist- ing capacity development needs across a selection of African universities within the sub-Saharan region, and examines how universities in a nascent stage of developing RUM practices are approaching the institutionalization of research uptake.

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Institutionalization of Community Engagement at African Universities

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Practices and Challenges of Community Services at Debre Markos University, Ethiopia: A Case Study

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