Current Issues and Problems about the Quality Improvement Faced by Management in Higher Educational Institutions

Higher education plays a vital role in the community and the universities are the backbone of the higher education system. Management is an important part of higher education; to survive. The administration of higher education is considered essential to achieving economic progress, political stability and peace. . In this research the researcher found the current challenges facing administrators to maintain the status of higher education in public and private universities. The objectives of the study were to identify the issues and problems faced by management to maintain the quality of higher education at the university level, to identify the importance of quality in the management of higher education, to help in updating our universities for best meeting future demands, and to suggest the possible solutions of current issues and problems to improve the quality of higher education management.  The qualitative approach was used as a research methodology in this study. Five universities from Lahore were selected for observing the current issues and problems about the quality of higher education management. Data were collected through interviews. The vice-chancellors, registrars, controllers, treasurers and heads of human resource departments of these universities were selected for interviews. Interview protocol was used for the collection of data. The results were analyzed with the help of initial codes and broad categories It was concluded that it is necessary for the quality of higher education, to boost up higher education management. It was also determined that all the universities management almost is trying to improve their abilities towards academic matters under the umbrella of Higher Education Commission(HEC). The researchers recommended that by removing the current issues and problems concerned to the management in the universities should be mobilizing financial, technical, human and social resources for enhancing the quality of education, and for facilitating the reform process initiated within these institutions.