Academic freedom and the social responsibilities of academics in Tanzania / edited by Chachage Seithy L. Chachage.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chachage, C. S. L., 1955-

Codesria.

Series:

Codesria book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Tanzania.

Education, Higher.

Tanzania--Social conditions.

Tanzania.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Senegal : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), c2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

When the Dar es Salaam Declaration on Academic Freedom and Social Responsibility of Academics came up in the early 1990's, African higher-education systems were in a serious, multi-dimensional and long-standing crisis. Hand-in-hand with the imbalances and troubles that rocked and ruined African economies, the crisis in the academia was characterised by the collapse of infrastructures, inadequate teaching personnel and poor staff development and motivation. It was against this background that the questions of academic freedom and the responsibilities and autonomy of institutions of higher-learni

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes of Contributors; Chapter 1 - Introduction: Academic Freedom and the Social Responsibilities of Academics in Tanzania; Chapter 2 - Academic Freedom, Social Responsibility and the State of Academia in Tanzania: Glimpses of Nationalist Academics; Chapter 3 - Academic Freedom, the Autonomy of Institutions of Higher Education and the Social Responsibility of Academics; Chapter 4 - Implications of Privatisation and Marketisation of Higher Education for the Generation of Knowledge and Social Transformation

Chapter 5 - The University as a Site of Knowledge: The Role of Basic Research Chapter 6 - The Obligation of the State and Communities in the Provision of Higher Education; Appendices; Proceedings of the Conference on Academic Freedom and Social Responsibility; Resolution on Academic Freedom and the Social Responsibilities of Academics adopted by the Academic Staff Associations of East Africa on 11 February 2005; The Kampala Declaration on Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility; The Dar-es-Salaam Declaration on Academic Freedom and Social Responsibility of Academics; Back Cover

Notes:

Includes appendices.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612901225

9781282901223

1282901222

9782869783836

2869783833

9782869783393

2869783396

9782869782648

2869782640

OCLC:

741350859