**4.3 Policy and regulatory influence on TNE partnerships**

This study also examined the level of influence of policy and regulatory frameworks on TNE partnerships in TEIs in Ghana to ignite a national discourse on TNE regulation. The second research question examined broadly participants' views regarding how the Government of Ghana's education policy has influenced, and still continues to influence the development of TNE partnerships in the country.

In **Figure 3**, the survey results on whether the identified policy and regulatory frameworks have influenced TNE partnerships of respondents' TEIs are presented. The interpretation of **Figure 3** is also guided by a decision rule. This rule specifies that, Mean Scores from 1.00 to 1.75 and 1.76 to 2.50 indicate that the TEIs *strongly* 

