Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore the university governance practices
related to the roles and powers in public universities in Pakistan. University
governance has remained a crucial subject to the set of rules and regulations.
This makes it more daunting that each university provides a different set of
governance circumstances in public universities in Pakistan. A qualitative case
study approach was used. Interviews were taken from 16 participants of public
sector universities in Pakistan. The study aims to examine the constitutional
issues and challenges that public university stakeholders encounter in
governance practices in public universities from top administration and deans’
perspectives. Therefore, two key categories of stakeholders were chosen to
participate in this research. They include top administrators (e.g., vicechancellors, pro-vice chancellors, registrars) and deans. The study was limited
to the roles and powers of university stakeholders in governance processes and
identified ambiguities in this area. Data revealed that governance processes
were centralized. The chancellor and vice-chancellor retained all authority, as
well as the definition in the public university’s constitution, was unclear. This
hampered process being conducted smoothly.
Shakeela Shah, Wajeeha Ghias, Sajid Ali Yousuf Zai. (2020) Constitutional Issues and Governance Practices in Public Universities of Pakistan, Journal of Educational Research, Volume 23, Issue 1.
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