The development of higher education in Africa : prospects and challenges / / edited by Alexander W. Wiseman, Charl C. Wolhuter

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Emerald, , 2013
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (526 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.0
• Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Africa; Universities and colleges - Africa
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT COVER; THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA; THE INCALCULABLE PROMISE OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT: HIGHER EDUCATION RISING TO THE OCCASION?; INTRODUCTION; CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND; THE INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION REVOLUTION; THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA; THE STATUS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA; OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; AN OVERVIEW OF AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL CONTEXT; COMPONENTS OF AHE ; CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIESTHE ROLE OF AHE IN DEVELOPMENT; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; PART 2: INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA; TRENDS IN INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FOR DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES; INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND; CONCEPTUALIZATION: INTERNATIONALIZATION AND RESEARCH TRENDS IN AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES; INTERNATIONALIZATION AND THE ROLE OF AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES IN DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONALIZATION POLICIES IN AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES AND THE CHALLENGES OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT; CONCLUSION; NOTE ; REFERENCESCROSS-BORDER HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA: COLLABORATION AND COMPETITION; CROSS-BORDER HIGHER EDUCATION AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA; FORMS OF PROVIDER-BASED CROSS-BORDER HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA; GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN CROSS-BORDER HIGHER EDUCATION; LOOKING FORWARD; NOTES; REFERENCES; ''STEERING RATHER THAN ROWING'': INTERNATIONALISM, PRIVATIZATION, AND UNIVERSITY REFORM IN TANZANIA; INTRODUCTION: ''SOMETHING TO BEHOLD''; OBJECTIVES; METHODOLOGY AND PERSPECTIVE; INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THE IMPETUS FOR EXPANSION ; ''PRIVATIZATION,'' CHURCHES, AND THE SHAPE OF UNIVERSITY REFORM IN TANZANIATHE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF PRIVATIZATION AND TANZANIA'S NEW PLACE IN THE WORLD; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; POWER OF GLOBAL-LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS: AN ASSESSMENT OF GLOBAL, NATIONAL AND LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS OF RELIGIOUS, HIGHER EDUCATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; INTRODUCTION; OVERVIEW; BACKGROUND; METHODOLOGY; PRIVATE, RELIGIOUS PSE: A DEFINITION; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS; FINDINGS; THE POWER OF THE LOCAL; CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES OF LOCAL STRENGTH; OPPORTUNITIES; CONCLUSION; NOTE; REFERENCES ; PART 3: HIGHER EDUCATION ISSUES AND CONCERNS IN AFRICAIN SEARCH OF EQUITY AND ACCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN NAMIBIA: CHALLENGES AND ACHIEVEMENTS; HISTORICAL CONTEXT; OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY; STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; LOCALITY AND STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION; CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY CHALLENGES; NOTES; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; CHARTING HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA: GROWTH, TRANSFORMATIONS, AND CHALLENGES; PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE; BRIEF HISTORY OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN GHANA; FUNDING HIGHER EDUCATION IN GHANA ; FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
• Sommario/riassunto: The global education revolution of the 20th century resulted in massive developments in education worldwide, but the higher education sector throughout Africa remains surprisingly underdeveloped. Although impressive expansion and reform of higher education in Africa have occurred since 1990, the higher education sector across Africa has been particularly challenged to keep pace with the development of higher education worldwide. This is reflected in comparatively limited research output by African university scholars and researchers and the limited representation of African universities on wor
• Titolo autorizzato: The development of higher education in Africa
• ISBN: 1-78190-699-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453496203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International perspectives on education and society ; ; v. 21.