@book{NiedermeierQinFaassetal.2020,
  author    = {Niedermeier, Frank and Qin, Xia and Faaß, Marcel and Cheng, Ming Yu and Ong, Duu Sheng and Mustafa, Marzuki and Ewe, Hong Tat and Pillai, Stefanie and Ong, Sue Lyn and Abdul Rahman, Mohd Basyaruddin and Waswa, Fuchaka and Abenga, Elizabeth and Indede, Florence and Echeverr{\´i}a King, Luisa Fernanda and Acu{\~n}a Paez, Katherine and Coronado Vargas, Carlos and Musa Alokpo, Dieudonn{\´e} and Oulare, Kabin{\´e} and Randhahn, Solveig and Mawa, Michael and Wolf, Tobias},
  title     = {Multipliers of Change},
  series = {Potsdamer Beitr{\"a}ge zur Hochschulforschung},
  journal   = {Potsdamer Beitr{\"a}ge zur Hochschulforschung},
  number    = {5},
  editor    = {Niedermeier, Frank and Qin, Xia},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-86956-496-8},
  issn      = {2192-1075},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-47549},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-475491},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {223},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Higher Education Leadership and Management have become increasingly important throughout the years due to the complexities that have to be addressed by universities worldwide. This can be seen not only in professionalisation in fields such as faculty management or in areas of quality assurance and internationalisation, but also in the need for exchange and training in academic leadership, such as that of deans or study deans, or of university leadership in general. The Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies (DIES) is addressing this need in emerging countries by building platforms of exchange and offering training courses. Not only is the programme supporting capacity building of human resources, but it is also specifically focusing on inducing change within the universities, such as introducing new instruments or tools in the area of quality assurance and internationalisation, and addressing specific challenges or setting up new structures in the form of projects in the frame of the training. The 'National Multiplication Trainings' Programme under DIES is further addressing the sustainability and multiplication of the DIES Programme, that is, alumni are enabled to implement capacity building in higher education leadership and management in their national context. The articles within this volume of the "Potsdamer Beitr{\"a}ge zur Hochschulforschung" (Potsdam Contributions to Higher Education Research) analyse and share the experiences of such training programmes held in Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Malaysia, Kenya, and Uganda. They all revolve around the best ways to address the needs and challenges in higher education leadership and management, and in building capacities in these areas.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{WaswaAbengaIndede2020,
  author    = {Waswa, Fuchaka and Abenga, Elizabeth and Indede, Florence},
  title     = {Enhancing Completion Rates through Structural and Operational Changes in the Management of Postgraduate Programmes in Kenya's Public Universities},
  series = {Potsdamer Beitr{\"a}ge zur Hochschulforschung},
  journal   = {Potsdamer Beitr{\"a}ge zur Hochschulforschung},
  number    = {5},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-86956-496-8},
  issn      = {2192-1075},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-49346},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-493468},
  pages     = {85 -- 101},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {During the National Multiplication Training in Kenya in 2018, participants raised concerns about attrition, completion rates and quality of PhD programmes in Kenya's public universities. This led the authors of this article to further examine the question of PhD completion rates. Available data underlined that PhD students across various disciplines in Kenya's public universities take unnecessarily long to complete their studies due to a myriad of factors that are related to their supervisors, university guidelines for post-graduate studies, or the students themselves. This article examines inertia areas along the PhD training pathway at three public universities in Kenya and provides suggestions on structural and operational changes universities must make to shorten completion periods.},
  language  = {en}
}