Policy and Administration of Private University
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This research article aims to study the problems and obstacles in the implementation of policies and management of private higher education institutions in accordance with the policies of the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, and to propose guidelines for policy formulation and management of higher education institutions. The research method is qualitative research. The research instrument is an open-ended structured in-depth interview which has been checked for accuracy and suitability by 5 experts. Selecting specific key informants who are administrators and lecturers from northeastern universities, Santaphon College and Pitchayabundit College in total of 17 people by using data triangulation to present a descriptive analysis research report.
Findings are as follows: The conditions of policy implementation and management of private higher education institutions in all aspects as specified by the Office of the Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation. There are no problems and obstacles. Moreover, the guidelines for setting policy and management are (1) the needs of the country and the needs of service recipients (2) building the quality of academic strengths according to each mission group which are determined by the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (3) having a quality control system to increase efficiency and effectiveness (4) developing information communication technology regarding to academic administration and operations (5) Agile management in pursuit of income (6) aiming for internationalization and creating a network of cooperation between institutions (7) leadership of organizational administrators and curriculum administrators according to missions and (8) participation of personnel according to assigned missions.
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