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Universities and Economic Development in Africa : Pact, academic core and coordination / / Nico Cloete ... [et al.]
| Universities and Economic Development in Africa : Pact, academic core and coordination / / Nico Cloete ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wynberg [South Africa] : , : Centre for Higher Education and Transformation, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (112 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CloeteNico |
| Soggetto topico |
Educational planning - Africa
Economic development projects - Africa - Planning Education, Higher - Economic aspects - Africa Economic development - Effect of education on - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-11391-0
9786613113917 1-920355-82-0 1-920355-83-9 1-920355-81-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Tables, figures and boxes; About this report; A note about the data timeframe; Acknowledgements; The project group; Acronyms and abbreviations; Executive summary; Chapter 1 - Introduction; 1.1 Contextualising the project: The relationship between higher education and development; 1.1.1 International trends; 1.1.2 The African context; 1.1.3 The focus of prior research; 1.2 Project focus and methodology; 1.3 Analytical starting points for the study; 1.3.1 What the project is not doing
Chapter 2 - Universities and economic development: Evidence of a pact?2.1 The role of knowledge and universities in development; 2.1.1 A role for knowledge and universities in national and institutional policies and plans; 2.1.2 Notions about the role of knowledge and universities; Chapter 3 - The academic core of eight African universities; 3.1 Methodology; 3.2 The academic core data; 3.3 The strength of and changes in the academic cores; 3.4 Disjunctures between capacity and productivity; Chapter 4 - Coordination and connectedness; 4.1 Coordination and implementation of knowledge policies 4.1.1 National coordination4.1.2 Implementation; 4.2 University connectedness to external stakeholders; 4.2.1 Industry and community; 4.2.2 Foreign donors; 4.3 The connectedness of development activities to the academic core; 4.3.1 Methodology; 4.3.2 The project data and analysis; 4.3.3 Discussion; Chapter 5 - Conclusions and some implications; 5.1 Pact needed on 'engine for development' role for universities; 5.2 Strengthening the academic core - incentives are key; 5.3 Coordination and connectedness to development; List of sources Appendix A. A higher education and development profile of the countriesAppendix B. List of interviewees; Appendix C. Indicators of pact, coordination and implementation; Appendix D. Problems in collecting academic core data; Appendix E. Academic core indicators and ratings; Back cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456887803321 |
| Wynberg [South Africa] : , : Centre for Higher Education and Transformation, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Universities and Economic Development in Africa : Pact, academic core and coordination / / Nico Cloete ... [et al.]
| Universities and Economic Development in Africa : Pact, academic core and coordination / / Nico Cloete ... [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wynberg [South Africa] : , : Centre for Higher Education and Transformation, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (112 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CloeteNico |
| Soggetto topico |
Educational planning - Africa
Economic development projects - Africa - Planning Education, Higher - Economic aspects - Africa Economic development - Effect of education on - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-11391-0
9786613113917 1-920355-82-0 1-920355-83-9 1-920355-81-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Tables, figures and boxes; About this report; A note about the data timeframe; Acknowledgements; The project group; Acronyms and abbreviations; Executive summary; Chapter 1 - Introduction; 1.1 Contextualising the project: The relationship between higher education and development; 1.1.1 International trends; 1.1.2 The African context; 1.1.3 The focus of prior research; 1.2 Project focus and methodology; 1.3 Analytical starting points for the study; 1.3.1 What the project is not doing
Chapter 2 - Universities and economic development: Evidence of a pact?2.1 The role of knowledge and universities in development; 2.1.1 A role for knowledge and universities in national and institutional policies and plans; 2.1.2 Notions about the role of knowledge and universities; Chapter 3 - The academic core of eight African universities; 3.1 Methodology; 3.2 The academic core data; 3.3 The strength of and changes in the academic cores; 3.4 Disjunctures between capacity and productivity; Chapter 4 - Coordination and connectedness; 4.1 Coordination and implementation of knowledge policies 4.1.1 National coordination4.1.2 Implementation; 4.2 University connectedness to external stakeholders; 4.2.1 Industry and community; 4.2.2 Foreign donors; 4.3 The connectedness of development activities to the academic core; 4.3.1 Methodology; 4.3.2 The project data and analysis; 4.3.3 Discussion; Chapter 5 - Conclusions and some implications; 5.1 Pact needed on 'engine for development' role for universities; 5.2 Strengthening the academic core - incentives are key; 5.3 Coordination and connectedness to development; List of sources Appendix A. A higher education and development profile of the countriesAppendix B. List of interviewees; Appendix C. Indicators of pact, coordination and implementation; Appendix D. Problems in collecting academic core data; Appendix E. Academic core indicators and ratings; Back cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524667603321 |
| Wynberg [South Africa] : , : Centre for Higher Education and Transformation, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
