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Article: Academic staff turnover in Nigerian universities (1990-1997).
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- Education
- Article date:
- December 22, 2002
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Background of the Study
University education, in contemporary times the world over, is becoming an exceedingly complex enterprise. This complexity requires a high degree of competence and proven scholarship from the university academic staff in particular and the entire staff in general. This is so because universities, by their unique nature are expected to be a repository of the most specialized and skilled intellectuals. They serve as storehouses of knowledge for nurturing the manpower needs of the nation and hence, for satisfying the aspirations of the people for a good, and humane society.
Central to the realisation of the university education goals ...