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Title: | Ghana's Universities and Their Government: An Ambiguous Relationship |
Author: | Peil, Margaret |
Year: | 1996 |
Periodical: | Issue |
Volume: | 24 |
Issue: | 1 |
Period: | Winter/Spring |
Pages: | 52-56 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ghana |
Subjects: | universities Politics and Government Education and Oral Traditions |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/1166615 |
Abstract: | Ghana has five universities. The University of Ghana, Legon, was established in 1948, the University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, in 1961, and the University of Cape Coast in 1963. Winneba acquired a university through the upgrading of its Advanced Teacher Training College in 1993, and the northern University of Development Studies in Tamale is in the process of being established. Relationships between the universities and the government of Ghana are inherently difficult because both expect more than can be delivered. This article examines some aspects of the interaction between Ghanaian governments and university administrators, staff and students, looking at mutual expectations and resources, university politics and leadership, the emigration of many Ghanaian graduates, and political participation on the part of academics and students. In conclusion, the author offers a number of suggestions for improving the government-university relationship. Ref. |