practical world during or after their study
period, yet graduates who have gone
through intensive university-industry
linkage programs could offer valuable
feedback from their experiences while
boosting the university‘s profile.
On a final note, Nigerian universities must
invest heavily in an enabling environment
for research and research capacity
development. This must include programs
focusing directly on the human component
in order to raise the capacity of individuals
and build a critical mass of competent
researchers. In this regard, perhaps private
universities are better placed as the funding
structures of public higher institutions in
Nigeria severely limit their ability to move
on new initiatives.