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    Challenges from Language Shift: Advocating Intercultural Dialogue as a Commitment Principle for the Millennium Development Goals;approved for oral presentation: Bugema International Multi-Disciplinary Conference, September 28-29, 2015.
    (Kampala International University, 2015) Asingwire, Richard; Sumil, Novembrieta; Tindi, Seje Nuru; Nakimuli, Amina; Nyonsima, Eliezer
    Emanating from language shift would be challenges such as involvement in intercultural dialogue on local and global angles. In intercultural dialogue there are open interactions between individuals from different cultural backgrounds that bring about understanding each other’s world views, similarities and differences. Intercultural dialogue then is part of the commitments of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the United Nations Academic Impact in support of the Millennium Development Goals. For reasons of socio-economic progress, Rwanda had shifted from French to advocating the English language said to be the universal medium of communication. Anchored on such direction, this study embarked on investigating empirically the effects of the English language as a medium of instruction in selected institutions of higher learning in Rwanda. The findings showed that the learners’ performance in the English language needed to be effectively implemented in the process of learning.
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    Information Technology (IT) Adoption and Work Attitude among Middle level Academic Managers in Selected Private and Public Universities in Nairobi County, Kenya;approved for oral presentation: Bugema International Multi-Disciplinary Conference, September 28-29, 2015.
    (Kampala International University, 2015) Tindi, Seje Nuru; Nakimuli, Amina; Niyonzima, Eliezer; Asingwire, Richard
    The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which became operational in 2000 were envisaged to be realized by 2015. Several evaluations have shown that many developing countries are likely not to achieve the minimum targets. As such therefore, a study on IT adoption and work attitude of the academic managers would be timely in addressing aspects of the post MDGs challenges. The empirical data from 362 respondents revealed low levels of IT adoption in the universities, good work attitudes and no significant relationship between IT adoption and work attitude. It was recommended that universities should nonetheless respond to change by embracing IT. The study recommended that university management should review their work environment policies to help align their employees’ work attitudes to their corporate strategies subsequently improving their productivity, much as attitude to work may become more favorable even with no adoption
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    Value Receptivity Among Academic Managers : Supporting the Millennium Development Goals’ Social Responsiveness;approved for oral presentation: Bugema International Multi-Disciplinary Conference, September 28-29, 2015.
    (Kampala International University. Institute for Social Research, 2015) Niyonzima, Eliezer; Sumil, Novembrieta; Tindi, Seje Nuru; Nakimuli, Amina; Asingwire, Richard
    A focal point about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is social responsiveness. In support of this noble direction, the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) conceived its principles of commitment for its projects by aligning with higher education institutions activities and research towards intellectual social responsibility to realize the MDGs by highlighting on the reciprocal relationship between education and sustainable development. This study portrayed value receptivity and social responsiveness in terms of measuring the ethical integrity of academic middle managers from selected private higher education institutions in Kigali, Rwanda, East Africa. The findings revealed low level of value receptivity due to some challenging ethical practices