MANAGERIAL STRATEGIES, LECTURERS’ ACADEMIC ROLE PERFORMANCE AND STUDENTS’ POTENTIALS DEVELOPMENT IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH CENTRAL, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated managerial strategies, lecturers’ academic role performance and students’ potentials development in entrepreneurship education in Federal Universities in North Central, Nigeria. Nine research objectives, nine research questions, and nine null hypotheses were raised to guide the study at 0.05 level of significance. Literatures related to this study were reviewed under conceptual framework. Correlational survey research design was adopted by the researcher and the population was 2,441, comprising 7 Universities Heads of Departments, 168 lecturers and 2,273 students from seven Federal Universities in North Central States, Nigeria. A sample size of 373 students and 60 lecturers were used for the study. The researcher developed three instruments for data collection which were structured by the researcher. They included: Managerial Strategies for Student Potential Development in Entrepreneurship Education Questionnaire (MSSPDEEQ). Lecturers’ Academic Role Performance (LARP) and Students’ Potential Development in Entrepreneurship Education Questionnaire (SPDEEQ). Data collected were analyzed using mean scores, standard deviation and the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significant using simple linear regressions statistics. Findings from the study showed that management adopted effective curriculum development strategies for students’ potentials development in entrepreneurship education to a high extent in Federal Universities in North Central, Nigeria. Management used institutional framework strategy to a high extent for students’ potentials development in Entrepreneurship Education in Universities in North Central, Nigeria, Management adopted resource allocation managerial strategy to a high extent for students’ potentials development in Entrepreneurship Education in Federal Universities in North Central, Nigeria, Management used student support service managerial strategy to a high extent for students’ potentials development in entrepreneurship education in Federal Universities in North Central, Nigeria, Management adopted monitoring and evaluation managerial strategy to a high extent for students’ potentials development in entrepreneurship education in Federal Universities in North Central, Nigeria, Management adopted digital infrastructural managerial strategy to a high extent for students’ potentials development in entrepreneurship education in Federal universities in North Central, Nigeria. The researcher recommended that based on the study findings, management should continue to adopt effective curriculum development strategy to develop student potentials in entrepreneurship education in Federal Universities in North Central, Nigeria. Management should also continue to use institutional framework strategy to develop= student potentials in entrepreneurship education in Federal Universities in North Central, Nigeria etcetera. The researcher concluded based on the study findings that management should adopt all the managerial strategies for student potentials development in entrepreneurship education in Federal Universities in North Central, Nigeria. It was also concluded that lecturers’ academic role performance was in high extent for student potentials development in Entrepreneurship Education. Student potentials development in entrepreneurship education was concluded to be in high extent in Federal Universities in North Central, Nigeria.