The Concept of Governance in Universities: Reality and Ambition (2025)

The Applicability of Governance at King Saud University in Riyadhإمكانية تطبيق الحوكمة في جامعة الملك سعود بمدينة الرياض

Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018

The problem of the study revolves around the application of the requirements of governance at King Saud University. The study aims to identify the extent of governance requirements at King Saud University as seen by faculty members through transparency, accountability, organizational structure, laws, regulations, and justice. To achieve the objectives and procedures of the study, the survey descriptive methodology was used. The study population was represented by faculty members at King Saud University. A sample of 200 faculty members was selected. The researcher relied in data collection on the questionnaire, which was subjected to the standards of validity and consistency, and used various appropriate statistical methods using (SPSS). The study reached several results, the most important of which are: 1. The level of transparency, accountability and justice at the university is average. 2. The level of organizational structure, laws and regulations in the university is high. In the light of the results, a number of recommendations were made that could contribute to the application of governance at the university.

University Governance: Empirical Evidence from Morocco

Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2021

In recent years, the concept of university governance has become a determining factor in the quality of higher education in different countries and possibly has an impact on their economic and social development. The study aimed to identify the state of governance of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University according to the views of students. The researchers used the descriptive method in the study. The population of the study consisted of all the students of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University for the 2017/2018 academic year. The study sample was random and had 947 members. The researchers used a questionnaire to collect the data to achieve the study's objectives. It was composed of (20) distributed elements in the fields of study. The results indicated that within the University of Fez, there is a very moderate application of the principles of governance, which may also be the case for other Moroccan universities. This may well be the source of the failure of our higher education system.

Is the Elephant Still in the Room: The Governance of Private Jordanian Universities (PJUs)?

International Business Research, 2015

This research aims to provide a better understanding of the governing bodies and methods in private Jordanian universities (PJUs). This is a descriptive research uses secondary and primary research tools such as interviews, archival documents, observations, and reports. These tools were all employed in this study to accomplish the objective. Nineteen interviews with financial managers, auditors, and Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) staff were conducted. This research emphasizes that higher education in Jordan is considered one of the best systems in the Middle East and North Africa countries. The findings show that there is much competition in the private higher education and this motivates to research the governance methods. There is a trend in the world towards private higher education. Unlike their counterparts in the world, PJUs do not receive any support from the government, but also pay over than 25% of their income to the government and they are for the most part financed by student tuition fees. MoHE by law and through different procedures intervenes in the PJUs management and decisions.

Good Governance in Jordanian Universities and Its Relationship with the Ability to Solve Administrative Problems, from the Point of View of Faculty Members

Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2022

The study aimed at revealing the application of good governance in Jordanian universities and its relationship to the ability to solve administrative problems from the point of view of faculty members. The sample of the study consisted of (330) members of the Faculties of Educational Sciences, and the study was conducted in the academic year 2020/2021. Using the descriptive research method, the researchers designed a questionnaire as a study tool and verified its validity and stability. The findings showed that good governance in Jordanian universities was at a high level, with the absence of statistically significant differences in good government by gender or years of experience. The findings also showed a high level of ability to solve administrative problems by the heads of academic departments in the faculties of educational sciences, with no statistically significant differences in the ability to solve administrative problems by gender or years of experience. There was a posit...

Academic Governance at the University Salah Boubnider Constantine 3

JURNAL EDUSCIENCE

University governance seems to have undergone many changes, often associated with economic and/or political crises. Until the 1960s, universities were mostly "ivory towers" run by academics and designed for a specific social category, the elite. In the case of Algeria, it is the government that intervenes in the financing and management of higher education institutions. The idea of reforming the governance of academic institutions is not a passing fad or a project linked to a power process or a party or union agenda. This idea has emerged slowly, with the deepening disintegration of the university system from within and the current emergence of a global transformation movement at the top of various institutions. This work aims to present the main characteristics as well as the strategy of the reform of Higher Education in Algeria.Keywords: University governance, higher education, scientific research, strategy, reform.

Human Governance Management in Islamic Higher Education Institutions

The role of a university now is no longer to produce a good man but that of a factory producing human resource to fulfil the needs of the industry. The university has diminished from the status of a centre of learning, becoming more utilitarian. This paper discusses leader ship style and its relation to the understanding of higher learning institution leaders on the role of universities. Corporate governance of such leaders has established universities as suppliers of mass generic product for the materialistic profit-orientated industrial market. The focus of universities has shifted from the enhancement of student quality to enrollment quantity bringing maximum profit gain with students as customers. The framework of administration is based on code and conduct as well as the limitations of guidelines (SOP, KPI etc.). This differs from governance that prioritises on the internal quality of insan at every level of organisation, from academics, administration staff to students (human centric). The orientation of a university should be to mould insan ta’dibi with spiritual strength and internal quality as well as good judgement. The framework of insan leadership administration is based on the potential of insan as unique individuals bearing internal human values and more pristine principles in managing organisations. The information in this paper is based on literature reviews and experience of the researcher as an educator and student. Universities should not place material returns (medals, status, money and ranking) as their main focus. This paper introduces the preliminary study of the need for further research in the area of education administration on the understanding and aim of universities among administrators of institution of higher learnings. Leaders in Islamic higher learning institutions should clearly understand the real meaning and role of a university that will enable them to apply human governance in the management of a higher learning institution. This paper also discusses the uncertainty of university leaders in implementing the corporate governance or human governance or insan leadership style in the management of an institution of higher learning.

Administrative Governance and its Role in Institutional Excellence Case Study - King Khalid University of Saudi Arabia

JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES

he study aimed to identify the reality of administrative governance and its role in achieving institutional excellence from the point of view of the teaching staff and employees at the Applied College for King Khalid University. The study adopted the descriptive analytical approach. The study sample consisted of 140 respondents. The questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection. The study aims to shed light on the understanding of the practice of rational management or what is termed as "administrative governance". It is of great importance in the world now, and there has been increased talk now about administrative governance and its role in improving performance and reaching institutional excellence. The results of the study indicated that the reality of administrative governance in the applied process for King Khalid University of Saudi Arabia was high, and the dimensions of governance came according to importance, institution foundations and effectiveness / effi...

Corporate Governance Practices in Higher Education Institutions: The UK vs Bahrain

International Journal of Learning and Development, 2018

This research aims to investigate the application of leadership and governance in higher education organizations in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the UK. The study also intends to gather evidences on the practices of academic management in different cultures. The methods of the study relies on reading lists of governance standards from several advanced educational institutions and uses a “comparative methodology” based on the data from the Kingdom of Bahrain and The UK. This research reviews the various models of “the higher education governance” and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each model. The study employs the three principles of UNDP (Transparency, Participation and Accountability) to assess application of leadership and governance in higher education institutions.The findings of this study reveal that Arab universities need to perceive the significance of clarifying the reason for governance. The examination likewise distinguishes the significance of relating their job a...

University Governance: Empirical evidence from Tunisian Public Higher Education Establishments

Revue gouvernance hiver, 2010

This paper investigates the way decisions are taken in Tunisian public higher education establishments. We focus our review on the ubiquitous but not well understood concept of "university governance". Despite the presence of a large body of literature about governance in higher education, the lack of empirical research led us to think that it would be important to "operationalize" the concept of "university governance" in an empirical survey. To do this, we tried to identify the factors which may increase or decrease, in a significant way, the odds that the decision-making process relates to a precise domain (pedagogic, scientific, institutional management or academic personnel), and that this process follows the characteristics of four decision-making models in current use: collegial, political, bureaucratic or anarchical model.

Implementation of Good University Governance Policy in State Islamic Institute (IAIN) in Indonesia

International Journal of Education, Culture and Society, 2019

Good University Governance (GUG) is a concept adopted from Good Corporate Governance (GCG). At present, the study of Corporate Governance is a concept that has been implemented by large companies and is not a new issue when compared to the issue of University Governance, because previous studies on Good University Governance are still poorly publicized. The study of University Governance is not preceded by an important event about the bankruptcy of a college. Some researchers argue that Corporate Governance plays an important role in the supervision of companies related to corruption and bankruptcy cases. Likewise, the study of university governance makes an important contribution to the managers of higher education as one of the references in managing higher education institutions. This study asks how the policy implementation in the IAIN environment is from the perspective of Good University Governance (GUG). The approach used in this study is qualitative, namely interviews and documentation as data collection techniques. Meanwhile, the sample is a number of leading sectors in the State Islamic Institute in Indonesia. The scope of the results of this study on non-academic covers three fields, namely the financial reporting system and financial performance standardization have not been conducted by a review, human resource management has not been reviewed and standardized performance and work performance, and management of State Property.