Universities in Ghana have been challenged, both internally by their own publics and externally by governments and communities, to address the critical issues: of expanding access with equity; of quality and relevance; of knowledge production and its application to the problems facing society; and of sustainable funding and resource management.  These debates have called into question the roles and missions of the universities.

This study is set in the context of Ghana’s socio-economic realities. Ghana’s economy is dominated by structural adjustment programming, fiscal restraint and the nation’s recent status as a Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC). Ghana’s public universities have faced competition from offshore universities as well as from non-university centres of knowledge production and research.  This new competition is taking place within the context of neo-liberal economic policies characterized by market-led reforms and private sector initiatives.

This volume analyses the different strategies and measures that the universities have taken to expand enrolment, generate additional funding and review curricula and modes of operation in an attempt to respond to these challenges.

The study was prepared by Professor Takyiwaa Manuh, Director of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon, Dr. Sulley Gariba, policy analyst and Director of the Institute for Policy Alternatives in Tamale and Joseph Budu, former Deputy Registrar (Personnel) at the University of Ghana, Legon.
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