Lecturers’ Perception of Academic Staff Union of Universities’ Roles in Protecting Academic Staff’s Interest in Public Universities in Rivers State
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Academic Staff Union, Roles, Interest, UniversitiesAbstract
This study examined the assessment of academic staff of universities u ion's contributions to academic staff welfare in public universities in Rivers State. The study was guided by two research objectives from which two research questions and hypotheses were drawn. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population of the study was 3,578 academic staff comprising 24 executive members of ASUU and 3554 academic staff of the three public universities in Rivers State. The sample size of the study was 384 respondents comprising 24 executive members of ASUU and 360 academic staff of the three public universities in Rivers State. The sample size was determined using Taro Yamene’s formula. The multi-stage sampling technique was adopted in selecting the sample of the study. The instrument used for data collection in the study was a self-designed questionnaire titled “Education “Assessment of Academic Staff of Universities Union's Contributions to Academic Staff Welfare in Public Universities Questionnaire”. The instrument was validated by three experts. The internal consistency of the instrument was determined by using Cronbach Alpha method to determine the reliability of the instruments. Reliability coefficients of 0.85 and 0.82 were obtained for the various clusters of the instrument. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while the z-test statistic was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed among others that ASUU has protected academic freedom of academic staff in public universities in Rivers State to a high extent. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that ASUU should strengthen its campaigns for university autonomy and safeguard the independence of academic institutions. The union should also collaborate with national and international academic bodies to resist any form of external interference in university governance and academic activities.
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