Conceptual framework for introducing e-governance in university administration

ABSTRACT

With emergence of technology and growing demand of the society, e-Governance became a key issue and developed nations started adopting it to better serve their citizens through efficient and effective services, with accountability and transparency. When appropriately applied, e-Governance can effectively ensure the well being of a university, too. The underlying goals for adopting e-Governance practices are to ensure improved quality in disseminating education and administration, conforming to regulations as per the university statutes and acts. In this paper, the authors attempt to propose a conceptual e-Governance framework for universities and benchmark it.

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Index Terms

• Applied computing

  • Enterprise computing

• Software and its engineering