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标题：AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF STUDENT ACCOMMODATION QUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
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作者：Simon Gyasi Nimako ; Francis Kwesi Bondinuba ; Simon Gyasi Nimako 等
期刊名称：European Journal of Business and Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2235-767X
出版年度：2013
卷号：1
期号：12
页码：164-177
出版社：European Society of Business and Social Sciences
摘要：This paper, which was part of a larger study, aimed at examining student accommodation quality (SAQ) in two public tertiary institutions in Ghana. The study was a cross-sectional survey that involved a convenient sample of 700 tertiary students from College of Technology Education, Kumasi (COLTEK) of the University of Education, Winneba, and Kumasi Polytechnic (K-Poly). A selfadministered structured questionnaire was administered to the respondents in a survey that resulted in a 66.6% response rate for analysis. The findings indicate that SAQ items that received unfavourable rating include: bath room, access to transport, toilet, security, kitchen, entertainment, reading room, accommodation fees and searching cost. Moreover, it was found that students at COLTEK seem to be better in terms of SAQ in core facility, while those at K-Poly seem to be better in terms of accommodation cost, and some facilitating and support facilities. The results show that residential SAQ seems to be better than non-residential in terms of the distance to lecture and entertainment, while non-residential SAQ appears to better n areas such as overall quality, enjoying accommodation and core facilities. Recommendations and implications for management of higher education and student accommodation developers have been discussed. The paper contributes to the literature in the area of management of student accommodation and housing in tertiary education.
关键词：accommodation; accommodation quality; tertiary;institution; Ghana; Kumasi Polytechnic; private participation; hostel;providers.