Integrated Corporate Governance Strategy Framework for Sustainable Quality Education in Institutions of Higher Learning
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2018-09Author
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The study was purposed to propose an integrated corporate governance strategy framework for promoting quality education in institutions of higher learning from a Kenyan perspective while focusing on three principles of corporate governance; accountability, transparency and ethics in two public and two private universities. To achieve this, the study relied on major theoretical ideas advanced by the Agency, Stakeholder and SERVQUAL theories in the context of the study, major findings from data analysis and review of relevant literature. It adopted an explanatory survey research design with 380 respondents formed of senior management academic staff, academic staff without administrative responsibilities, universities’ management board and student leaders. Questionnaire and interview schedule were used to collect data. Analysis was done using SPSS and thematic analysis for qualitative data. Hypotheses were tested using GLM method of multiple regression. Findings from data analysis revealed that corporate governance defined in the context of the study as accountability, transparency and ethics has a significant influence on quality of university education in Kenya except for transparency which was found not to have a significant influence on quality of education in private universities. The study concludes that the proposed framework can be used by institutions of higher learning as a strategic model for achieving quality university education. Higher education regulatory bodies should therefore ask universities to adopt and use the model for quality management in learning in their respective countries.