Sustainability assessment of the locally – funded higher education institutions
International Journal of Development Research
Sustainability assessment of the locally – funded higher education institutions
Received 29th December, 2017; Received in revised form 20th January, 2018; Accepted 28th February, 2018; Published online 30th March, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Alvic A. Arnado. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Sustainability of the locally - funded higher education institution varies directly to the establishing local government unit's income classification and financial capabilities, budgetary allocation and personnel related operations. Using the exploratory narrative research design and Delphi technique in gathering vital information, the results reveal that the typical local government unit to establish higher education institution shall be a first class municipality or town. The study focuses on the institutional sustainability based on seven critical dimensions: admission, mission, and planning; curriculum; research and scholarship, operations, faculty, staff development and rewards, outreach and service and student opportunities.