Title: | Partnership between Public and Private Higher Education Institutions |
Authors: | Woldegiyorgis, Ayenachew A. |
Keywords: | New Public Management, Alternate Service Delivery, Public Private Partnership |
Issue Date: | Aug-2017 |
Publisher: | St. Mary's University |
Abstract: | The prominence of new approaches such as the New Public Management (NPM) and
Alternate Service Delivery (ASD) in the post-cold war era altered the dynamics between state
and non-state actors with respect to the delivery of traditionally-public services. As a result,
Public Private Partnership (PPP) emerged as a phenomenon. Since then PPP has become one
of the very important developmental tools with a number of different models pertinent to
different sectors. It is generally regarded as an effective means to bring resources and
expertise of public and private institutions together towards common goals. As such the
private and public participants as well as the general public and other stakeholders harvest
benefits from the effective utilization of PPP. Although PPP is much more popular in sectors
such as infrastructure development and health services, it is also becoming a common
practice in the field of higher education. While a different combination of public and private
institutions/organizations - where at least one of them is an academic institution - constitute
PPP in higher education, Lee (2008) noted the various forms of partnerships between public
and private higher learning institutions. Considering the different benefits that can accrue
from PPP and the level of development and variety of challenges the Ethiopian higher
education is facing, it can be argued that the effective development and utilization of PPP is
of paramount important. However, the current state of PPP in the Ethiopian higher education
is underdeveloped. This paper, by looking at primary data, collected through interviews,
explored the potential benefits and challenges of partnership between public and private
higher education institutions in Ethiopia |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3994 |
Appears in Collections: | Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Private Higher Education in Africa
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