LEADERSHIP PRACTICES IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND GOAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Abstract

University education is where high level personnel or individuals are nurtured, trained and developed for socio-economic and political growth of a nation. The leadership of any University plays a priceless role in achieving its academic goals, especially in the area of dissemination and acquisition of universal knowledge, values; functional, technical and scientific skills essential to global growth and development. The paper therefore examined leadership practices in university education for goal achievements. The paper examined the concept of leadership, styles of leadership and leadership theories. It went further to discuss the importance of leadership in university education for goal achievement, leadership practices in Nigeria universities and ways of improving leadership practices in university education and goal achievement. Based on the content of the paper, the writer recommends among others that the university management should create leadership teams and allot responsibilities officially by giving longstanding institutional form through team structures and other bodies. Also, the government through the university commission should improve recruitment and selection processes so as to encourage representation and to engage high quality candidates with suitable skills.