Governing and Managing Ghana's Universities for Sustainability

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-26883-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Reihe: Sustainable Development Goals Series

This book examines the governance and management frameworks of public and private universities in Ghana and how they have succeeded in not only addressing their problems but also how they will be able to sustain the institutions in a new age or context. In other words, it investigates what Ghana’s universities have done or are doing to become sustainable. Specifically, it discusses how the post-1990 governance and management structures have succeeded in curing the ills for which they were designed and whether the new models have led to the sustainability of the institutions going forward. By focusing on the examination of the management and governance frameworks, the book deepens an understanding of how this has supported the universities to pursue their mandates and sustain them in Ghana.

The book addresses the following three questions: 1) What have Ghana’s universities done or are doing to become sustainable? 2) How have the governance and management architectures contributed to the sustainability of the universities in Ghana? 3) What are some of the findings and their policy implications for university governance, management, and sustainability?

It is instructive to note that in Ghana and other African countries, the pressure is not only just that universities should be entrepreneurial in generating resources, which is best illustrated if they do not put pressure on public resources, but also how the public demands on universities be met. Additionally, how are the universities to be funded and realigned to participate in the knowledge economies and promote greater public and private purpose for sustainability with its attendant tensions, uncertainties, risks and opportunities.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ayee, Joseph R. A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction – Governing, Managing, Sustaining and New Institutionalism Revisited.- 2 The University and Its Evolving Mandates in Africa.- 3 Legal and Policy Framework of Ghanaian Universities.- 4 Institutional Architecture of Ghanaian Universities.- 5 Government-Universities Interface: Complementarity Versus Subservience?.- 6 Universities, New Public Management and Sustainability.- 7 Political Economy of Funding Universities in Ghana and Sustainability.- 8 Curricula Reforms of Ghanaian Universities and Sustainability.- 9 Geopolitics and Internationalization of Universities in Ghana: The Case for Globalization for Sustainability?.- 10 Staff and Student Unions and University Governance and Management.- 11 Conclusion: Future Directions of Governing and Managing Universities in Ghana and Navigating Sustainability.

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph R.A. Ayee is an independent scholar in Accra, Ghana. He obtained a PhD in Political Science and Public Administration from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1992. He is the immediate past Vice President (Arts Section) of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences and a retired Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Ghana. He spent 16 years in university administration and held the following positions: Rector, MountCrest University College; Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; Dean, Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ghana; and Head, Department of Political Science, University of Ghana. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy in 2005 and served as Honorary Treasurer from 2016 to 2017. He was the occupant of the UNESCO/United Nations University Leadership Academy (UNULA) Chair in Leadership Studies, University of Jordan, in 2001, and the Emeka Anyaoku Visiting Chair of Commonwealth Studies, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, in 2013.

He taught at the University of Swaziland, University of Ghana and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and supervised 25 PhD and 40 M.Phil. students. He won the 2006 University of Ghana Best Teacher Award in the Humanities.

Prof. Ayee has over 200 publications in several areas of Political Science, Public Policy, and Administration, many of which have appeared in high-impact journals. His latest publications include three co-edited books: (1) (Edward Elgar, 2024); (2) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024); and (3) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). His forthcoming co-edited books for 2026 are . London: Bloomsbury Academic; and . Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.

He was a rated researcher by the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) and a member of the Editorial Board, , 2011-2016, and Board of Editors, , January 2015 - December 2017. 

He undertook consultancy work for over 75 organisations and presented papers at over 160 conferences. He is also an external examiner and assessor for PhD theses and faculty promotions, respectively.

He served as a member of a team of experts that drafted Ghana’s National Decentralisation Policy Framework and Action Plan, 2015 - 2019, and 2020 – 2024 and as a Jury Member of the President’s Excellence Awards for the Public Service of the Ministry of Public Sector Reform in 2006 and 2007.

He contributed to civil society work as a Senior Research Fellow for two of the leading think tanks in Ghana, namely the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG) in 2017 and 2018-2019, respectively. 

He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Christian Council of Ghana from 2018 to 2023 and the Council of Trinity Theological Seminary from 2013 to 2017. Currently, he serves as a member of the Executive Cabinet of the A.M.E. Zion Church, Western West Africa Episcopal District, Ghana Region and one of its Trustees.

His current research interests include emerging trends and phenomena in development politics, public policy and administration and doctoral education.