Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education edited by Nico Cloete, Peter Maassen and Tracy Bailey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nico Cloete

Contributor:

Bailey, Tracy, editor.

Maassen, Peter A. M., editor.

Cloete, Nico, editor.

Series:

African minds higher education dynamics series ; v. 1.

African minds higher education dynamics series ; vol. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Higher education and state--Africa.

Higher education and state.

Education, Higher--Research--Africa.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Africa.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

African Minds 2015

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The dominant global discourse in higher education now focuses on 'world-class' universities - inevitably located predominantly in North America, Europe and, increasingly, East Asia. The rest of the world, including Africa, is left to play 'catch-up'. But that discourse should focus rather on the tensions, even contradictions, between 'excellence' and 'engagement' with which all universities must grapple. Here the African experience has much to offer the high-participation and generously resourced systems of the so-called 'developed' world. This book offers a critical review of that experience, and so makes a major contribution to our understanding of higher education.

Contents:

Foreword

Roles of universities and the African context / Nico Cloete and Peter Maassen

Research universities in Africa : an empirical overview of eight flagship universities / Nico Cloete, Ian Bunting and Peter Maassen

Assessing the performance of African flagship universities / Ian Bunting, Nico Cloete, Henri Li Kam Wah and Florence Nakayiwa-Mayega

Research output and international research cooperation in African flagship universities / Robert Tijssen

South Africa as a PhD hub in Africa? / Nico Cloete, Charles Sheppard and Tracy Bailey

Faculty perceptions of the factors that influence research productivity at Makerere University / Gordon Musiige and Peter Maassen

Academic incentives for knowledge production in Africa : case studies of Mozambique and Kenya / Gerald Wangenge-Ouma, Agnes Lutomiah and Patrício Langa

Functions of science granting councils in sub-Saharan Africa / Johann Mouton, Jacques Gaillard and Milandre van Lill

The roles of national councils and commissions in African higher education system governance / Tracy Bailey

University engagement as interconnectedness : indicators and insights / François van Schalkwyk

Student engagement and citizenship competences in African universities / Thierry M Luescher-Mamashela, Vincent Ssembatya, Edwina Brooks, Randall S Lange, Taabo Mugume and Samantha Richmond

Managing contradictory functions and related policy issues / Nico Cloete, Peter Maassen, Ian Bunting, Tracy Bailey, Gerald Wangenge-Ouma and François van Schalkwyk.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

CC BY

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-920677-86-0

OCLC:

905690419