تحليل أداء الجامعات المصرية الحكومية في أبرز التصنيفات العالمية: التحديات وسبل الترقي

Dina H. Alsayed; Khalid M. Saadawi

doi:10.34120/ajas.v29i2.189

Authors

Dina H. Alsayed Cairo University
Khalid M. Saadawi Cairo University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34120/ajas.v29i2.189

Keywords:

Egyptian and Arab Universities Performance, THE, QS, ARWU

Abstract

Purpose: The study aims to focus on the most influential rankings characteristics and determine the Egyptian public universities' position in those rankings by analyzing the indicators that cause a decline in their performance and comparing them with the Arab and international universities to suggest practical ways to upgrade their ranks.
Study design/ methodology/ approach: Cluster analysis is used to identify the Arab universities that have similar characteristics in their performance. Discriminant analysis is also used to determine the indicators of the lowest performance of Egyptian universities, which makes a significant difference between universities in Egypt and international universities, and to analyze what is behind the abstract numbers using the case study method in presenting reasons for the decline in the Egyptian universities’ performance.
Sample and data: The study uses a sample of 120 universities, i.e. the top 100 international universities and all 20 Egyptian universities to conduct cluster analysis, and all 47 Arab and Egyptian universities to perform discriminant analysis.
Results: The results show a decline that is caused by scientific research funding, the number of researchers, and specialists in the fields of Fields and Nobel Prizes, patent holders, citation and international publication, and internationalization and academic exchanges.
Originality/value: The study applies the quantitative analysis of Egyptian public universities’ position within the global and Arab environment to determine the indicators of the lowest performance of Egyptian universities and so propose the practical mechanisms that would improve the Egyptian universities’ reputation.
Research limitations/implications: The study conducts quantitative analysis only on THE, as the scarcity of Egyptian universities in ARWU and special QS rank for the Arab universities. The study also focuses on analyzing the performance of Egyptian universities up until 2019, shortly before the coronavirus pandemic avoiding its impact on the indicators of university performance.

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Author Biographies

Dina H. Alsayed, Cairo University

Master's degree in Public Administration, Faculty of Economics and Political Science. Cairo University in 2019, and registered for a Ph.D. thesis in 2021 on the subject of fourth-generation universities and the paradigm shift of managing the higher education institutions: an analytical study with application to Egyptian public universities. Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Public Administration at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science. Her research interests are in quantitative analysis in public administration, evaluating the quality of public services, higher education policies, fourth-generation universities and smart universities, and world university rankings. (dina.alsayed@feps.edu.eg)

Khalid M. Saadawi , Cairo University

He holds a PhD in Philosophy in Public Administration from the Faculty of Economics & Political Science, Cairo University, in 2005. He holds the Honorable PhD from the United Nations for Arts (UNARTS) in April 2021. He is an Associate Professor of Public Administration at the Faculty of Economics & Political Science at Cairo University and Director of the Community Service Center at Cairo University. He was a former director of the Public Administration Research & Consultation Center (PARC) at Cairo University. His research interests include modern trends in administrative development, total quality management, institutional excellence, international university rankings, research methods and quantitative analysis in public administration, management information systems, and digital transformation. (khalid.barakat@feps.edu.eg)

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