University–Community Relations in Ghana: Traditional Authority as a Stakeholder
University–Community Relations in Ghana: Traditional Authority as a Stakeholder
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Date
2021
Authors
Akwasi, Agyeman Edmond
M. J Tamanja
B.B. Bingab
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Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
Abstract
This article examines the levels and forms of engagement between universities
in Ghana and traditional authority. The article is based on an in-depth study
of five public universities and their neighbouring communities. Stakeholder
theory was used for analysis. Findings from the study indicate that there is a
growing awareness among public universities in Ghana of the need to engage
the traditional authority of their immediate surrounding communities to
enhance university–community relations and coexistence, in order to address
the socio-economic and developmental aspirations of the communities and to
help achieve the institutional goals of the universities. However, the Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) appears to have
a more comprehensive engagement model than the others
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Agyeman, E. A., Tamanja, E. M., & Bingab, B. B. (2020). University–Community Relations in Ghana. Africa Development/Afrique et Développement, 45(4), 1-22.