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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974807303321

Autore

Materu Peter (Peter Nicolas)

Titolo

Higher education quality assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa : status, challenges, opportunities and promising practices / / Peter Materu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007

ISBN

1-281-00100-7

9786611001001

0-8213-7273-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxi, 80 pages ; ; 26 cm

Collana

World Bank working paper ; ; no. 124

Africa human development series

Disciplina

378.68

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Total quality management in higher education - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Quality assurance - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-80).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; 1. Introduction; 2. The Case for Quality Higher Education; LIST OF BOX; 3. The State of Quality Assurance in Africa; LIST OF TABLE; 4. Cost Implications and Financing; 5. Challenges and Opportunities; 6. Innovations and Promising Practices; 7. Options for Capacity Enhancement; Appendix: Summary Status of HE Quality Assurance Implementation in Africa; References

Sommario/riassunto

This report assesses the status and practice of higher education quality assurance in Sub - Sahara Africa, focusing on degree - granting tertiary institutions. A main finding is that structured national - level quality assurance processes in African higher education are a very recent phenomenon and that most countries face major capacity constrains. Only about a third of them have established structured national quality assurance mechanism, often only as recently as during the last ten years. Activities differ in their scope and rigor, ranging from simple licensing of institutions by the minis



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Record Nr.

UNISA996692182503316

Autore

COMENIUS, Johann Amos <1592-1670.>

Titolo

Janua linguarum reserata: sive, Omnium scientiarum & linguarum seminarium : id est, compendiosa Latinam & Anglicam, aliasque linguas & artium etiam fundamenta addiscendi methodus, unà cum Januae Latinitatis vestibulo / / autore cl. viro J.A. Comenio = The gate of languages unlocked, or, A seed-plot of all arts and tongues, containing a ready way to learn the Latin and English tongue / formerly translated by Tho. Horn ; afterwards much corrected and amended by Joh. Robotham ; now carefully reviewed by W.D. to which is premised a portal ; as also there is now newly added, the foundation to the Janua, containing all or the chief primitives of the Latin tongue, drawn into sentences, in an alphabetical order, by G.P

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by E. Cotes, for the Company of Stationers, 1664

Descrizione fisica

Testo elettronico (PDF) ([414] p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ROBOTHAM, John <fl. 1654.>

HORNE, Thomas <1610-1654>

DUGARD, William <1606-1662.>

G. P

Disciplina

470

Soggetti

Lingua latina

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Testo in latino e inglese

Segnature: A-Z⁸, Aa-Cc⁸ (Cc₈ vuoto)

Riproduzione dell'originale presso la Biblioteca dell'Università dell'Illinois (Campus di Urbana-Champaign)

Altri autori: Robotham, John, fl. 1654; Horne, Thomas, 1610-1654; Dugard, William, 1606-1662; G. P.