Strategies of Enhancing Inter-Institutional Cohesion and Cooperation Among Universities for Sustainable Development
- July 2, 2021
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International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue V, May 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186
Tyokyaa, C.I. Ph.D
Department of Educational Foundations and General Studies Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria.
Abstract:- The study examined strategies for enhancing administrative cohesion and cooperation among universities for sustainable development in the North Central region of Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. Survey design was adopted for the study. A self-constructed questionnaire titled; Strategies for Enhancing Inter-Institutional Cohesion and cooperation for sustainable Development (SEICSD) was used for the collection of data. The collected data was analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and chi square test of goodness-of-fit was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The population of the study was 1124 top University Management Staff across the Universities in North Central Nigeria. A sample of 295 of the staff derived through Taro Yamene Computation was proportionately sampled and used for the study. The result of the study showed that inter-institutional linkages and diplomatic negotiations are great strategies for enhancement of administrative cohesiveness and cooperation amongst Universities. This no doubt results to sustainable development. It was therefore recommended that; the Visitors of the universities should encourage the Managements of their Universities to adopt inter-institutional strategies of linkages and diplomatic negotiations for the enhancement of social and economic cooperation among universities for sustainable development.
Key words: Diplomatic negotiation, inter-institutional cohesion, strategies, sustainable development
Introduction:
There is no gain overstressing the fact that tertiary education is strategic in the development of any nation. This is because tertiary education especially university education is the platform that produces graduates in quality and quantum to serve all the sectors of any nation’s economy. Higher or tertiary education typically is the education given to students upon completion of secondary education (Tyokyaa, 2017). Wals (2005) maintains that education as an institution can be seen as a reflection of the society that supports it. The university,
