LEADER 03220nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910451738303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-00100-7 010 $a9786611001001 010 $a0-8213-7273-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000478903 035 $a(EBL)459587 035 $a(OCoLC)174964897 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000087325 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12007145 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087325 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10054721 035 $a(PQKB)10639423 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459587 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459587 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10369861 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL100100 035 $a(OCoLC)935270942 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000478903 100 $a20070615d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHigher education quality assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa$b[electronic resource] $estatus, challenges, opportunities and promising practices /$fPeter Materu 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cWorld Bank$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (108 p.) 225 1 $aWorld Bank working paper ;$vno. 124 225 1 $aAfrica human development series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-7272-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 79-80). 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThis report assesses the status and practice of higher education quality assurance in Sub - Sahara Africa, focusing on degree - granting tertiary institutions. A main finding is that structured national - level quality assurance processes in African higher education are a very recent phenomenon and that most countries face major capacity constrains. Only about a third of them have established structured national quality assurance mechanism, often only as recently as during the last ten years. Activities differ in their scope and rigor, ranging from simple licensing of institutions by the minis 410 0$aAfrica Region human development series. 410 0$aWorld Bank working paper ;$vno. 124. 606 $aEducation, Higher$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aTotal quality management in higher education$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aQuality assurance$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEducation, Higher 615 0$aTotal quality management in higher education 615 0$aQuality assurance 676 $a378.68 700 $aMateru$b Peter$g(Peter Nicolas)$0900751 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451738303321 996 $aHigher education quality assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa$92013139 997 $aUNINA