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Emeritus Professor Pai OBANYAInstitute of EducationUniversity of Ibadan,
Nigeria
Situating our deliberations in a much broader context
Focusing on the sustainability of our efforts
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As the going gets tough, the tough gets tougher
Creativity and Innovation: Where the answer lies
Igniting and Sustaining Innovative Funding for Universities
The Central Message
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THE
TOUGH
GETS
TOUGHER
THE
TOUGH
GETS
TOUGHER
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Colonial Period Regional Universities Overseas OutletsHigh SelectivityControllable numbers
Immediate Post-independence
Movement towards national universitiesEuphoria
More of national funding/external aid boom
The Lost Decade
Multiple national universities
Massification/diversification/vocationalizationLooming funding crisis
The Democracy Movement Decade
Unplanned expansion Serious quality threatsIncreasing social demandIncreasing threats to university autonomy
The 21st Century Private university boom
Hyper-massificationSevere inpust decline
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INTERNAL◦ Increasing social demand◦ Steady funding decline◦ Increased denial of autonomy◦ Restive staff associations◦ Declining quality-inputs/processes/outcomes
EXTERNAL◦ Employability◦ Globalisation ◦ Decline of foreign assistance
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SINCE Every corrective response would have a price tag BUT Government has been the sole provider AND Funding patterns have been a combination of Inadequate Inappropriate Fluctuating
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INADEQUATEProvisions well below requirements
INAPPROPRIATENon-targeted funding that neglects the essentials
FLUCTUATINGWhims and caprices approaches to government budgeting
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SUSTAINABLE FUNDING◦ Adequate◦ Appropriate◦ Timely◦ Targeted
FOLLOWING THE PROCESSES OF◦ Scientific /consultative budgeting ◦ Planned development of higher education◦ Political will/commitment◦ Transparency/Accountability at all levels
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We often use the words "creativity" and "innovation" interchangeably
but we should not Creativity is about ‘’coming up with ideas’’ while innovation is about "bringing ideas to
life’’ Organizations that do not innovate
effectively may be destroyed by those who do.
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How to Develop, Apply, Sustain, CREATIVE and INNOVATIVE RESPONSES To the challenge of Sustainable funding of universities.
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A service-intensive university Moving from being an Ivory Tower to a
social engineering laboratory A philosophy of responsive social
engagement
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Enlarged partnerships Participatory process of strategic planning An entrepreneurial posture
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Marriage of academic and business governance and management models
Pursuing university tripartite mission with larger society as major determiner and determinant
Development-oriented curricula, embedding 21st century skills.
OUTREACH as functional units of University management
University teacher re-orientation (next slide)
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Require Business model of Designing thinking And A culture of innovation at the institutional level Design thinking has three main phases Inspiration-ideation-implementation Cannot grow in an atmosphere of weak institutional
governance and Zero-level academic freedom
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