Whither the ivory tower? Corruption and development of higher education in Nigeria

Whither the ivory tower? Corruption and development of higher education in Nigeria

Author: 
Oarhe, Osumah
Publisher: 
Taylor & Francis
Date published: 
2014
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Journal Title: 
Africa Education Review
Source: 
Africa Education Review, Vol. 11, Issue No.3, 2014, pp. 311-328
Abstract: 

In the struggle to combat corruption in Nigeria, popular and intellectual discourse has essentially been devoted to the behaviour of public officials such as politicians. However, only little intellectual attention seems to have been cast on corruption in the education sector. This article attempts to fill this knowledge gap. Based on desk analysis, it indicates that corruption proliferates in the education sector just as in other sectors in Nigeria with crippling effects on the ranking, and standard of tertiary education. Situated within the theory of functionalism, it ascribes the proliferation of corruption to negative societal influence, poor funding, poor reward system and acute infrastructure decay. However, it holds that there is yet the prospect of redemption based on some measures that have been undertaken in various tertiary education institutions to tackle the social malaise. It recommends the need for men and women of integrity to champion the desired reform in the ivory tower.

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CITATION: Oarhe, Osumah. Whither the ivory tower? Corruption and development of higher education in Nigeria . : Taylor & Francis , 2014. Africa Education Review, Vol. 11, Issue No.3, 2014, pp. 311-328 - Available at: https://library.au.int/whither-ivory-tower-corruption-and-development-higher-education-nigeria-11