It refers to the process of revitalizing the performance of institutions of higher education from poor performance. It emerges that most of the African universities are not in the top 100 world universities ranking 2023. This is an indicator of the poor performance of African universities as compared to other world universities.
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Critical Success Factors for Higher Education Turnaround From a Sustainable Ecosystem Perspective
Copyright: © 2024
|Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-0527-0.ch012
Abstract
Recently, the essence of institutions in any development agenda is a topical issue in development discourse across the world. Surprisingly, poor performance of higher education institutions has been witnessed in many developing countries. Furthermore, turnaround management in the context of the higher education sector as an area of research has been neglected. Accordingly, this chapter aims to establish the critical success factors for higher education turnaround from a sustainable development ecosystem. A critical literature review established 10 critical success factors for higher education turnaround from a sustainable ecosystem perspective, that is, stakeholder collaboration, leadership commitment, innovative culture, skilled staff, financial restructuring, effective communication, compelling restructuring plan, clear implementation matrix, monitoring and evaluation, and international affiliations, as well leadership replacement. The findings from this study help higher education leaders, education practitioners, and policymakers.