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The aim of this paper was to analyze the determinants of disposal practices of �common good items� in Ethiopian public Universities. To achieve this objective, the researchers employed the explanatory research design using primary sources of data. The questionnaires were distributed to all responsible bodies in property administration a team, purchasing departments, disposal teams of four sampled Universities and the interview was for PPPDSA disposal team leaders at federal level. The collected data were analyzed by Pearson correlation and a multiple regression analysis tools on STATA 14 software package and the regression result showed procurement planning effectiveness and Staff competence are positively and significantly affected disposal practice of sampled Universities at 0.019 and 0.005 respectively. Similarly, annual disposal plan and the implementation performance affected the disposal practices of the sampled Ethiopian Public Universities� at 0.008 and 0.0001 respectively. Accordingly, to bring the desired outcome of staff competency and accountability at institutional and country level, �common good items� procurement teams and disposal teams of each sampled universities and disposal teams of PPPDS at federal should work in collaboration so that public assets are protected and public confidence would be built on public institutions. In addition to this, since an improvement in annual disposal implementation performance enhances the disposal practices performance, it is advisable if each sampled University asset administration and disposal team should have their own annual disposal plan and send to the federal so that the federal disposal team leader implements the overall public assets disposal practices timely.