Abstract

The study investigated relationship between utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) and management of public universities in Cross River State, Nigeria, for national development. The study was guided by two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted correlation research design. The population of the study consisted of 3,785 staff in two public universities in Cross River State, Nigeria. A sample of 400 staff was selected using simple multi-stage sampling procedure. Two 15-items questionnaires titled �Utilization of Artificial Intelligence Questionnaire (UAIQ)� and �Management of Public Universities for National Development Questionnaire� (MPUNDQ)' were used for data collection. The questionnaires were structured on four point rating scale of Strongly Agree (SA)=4, Agree (A)=3, Disagree (D)=2 and Strongly Disagree (SD)=1. The questionnaires were trial tested on 30 staff using Cronbach Alpha statistic and reliability coefficients of its 0.93 for UAIQ and 0.95 for MPUNDQ were obtained. The data collected were analyzed using simple Pearson Product Moment Correlation to answer research questions and test the null hypotheses. The findings of the study showed that there is strong positive significant relationship between utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) and management of public universities in Cross River State, Nigeria. The study concluded that improved utilization of AI brings about improvement in the management of public universities thereby leading to achievement of national development. The study therefore concluded that public universities should strengthen utilization of AI particularly in the areas of personnel administration and instructional practices in order to enhance achievement of national development in Nigeria.

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