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    Education for Sustainable Development: Implications for University Managers, Government and the Private Sector in Uganda
    (Uganda Martyrs University, 2009) Baligidde, H. Samuel; Ssempebwa, Jude
    Taking the case of Makerere University, this study delved into the rationale underlying university participation in development planning and steps that universities could take to enhance their partnership with government and the private sector. Data were collected from 381 respondents, who included academic staff, managers and student leaders at the University. The respondents suggested that the University should help the government in drawing and implementing development plans, adding that this could provide a means of overcoming its antagonistic relationship with the government. Regarding the steps the University could take to help government, they suggested that it could tailor its research and teaching programs to complement the latter's efforts; restrain from partisan politics; include more government representatives on its committees; and mobilize private sector support for its programmes. Regarding government's role in harnessing the University's contribution to national development, the respondents suggested that government should respect the University's autonomy as well as its members' academic and democratic freedom. Finally, the respondents argued for university-private-sector-alignment, urging that the University partners with relevant private sector actors to design curricula and research programmes that, respectively, produce graduates and information that are demanded in the contemporary market.
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    Towards a Five-Step Institutional Income Diversification Strategy for Institutions of Higher Education
    (African Journals Online, 2010) Baligidde, Samuel H.
    This paper discusses the strategic perspectives of financial management which are highlighted in a five-step Institutional Income Diversification Model for Institutions of Higher Education. It focuses on the need for adopting or strengthening corporate principles of financial management, corporate methods of raising capital, establishment of income generating activities, strategic acquisitions, institutional mergers, establishment of commercial projects, treating higher education as an export and involving students and other stakeholders in the financial resource mobilization drive. It argues that, in order to tackle the challenge of inadequate funding, Institutions of Higher Education should re-examine their priorities, re-organize their financial management structures, re-orient their administrative processes and diversify their income sources. This will necessitate a change from the highly bureaucratic organizational design of most of the institutions to a corporate model that pays attention to market forces and private sector principles of financial management.