Higher education in Africa : crises, reforms, and transformation / N'dri T. Assie-Lumumba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Assié-Lumumba, N'Dri Thérèse.

Series:

Working paper series.

Working paper series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Africa.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dakar : Codesria, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides theoretical tools for analysing contemporary African higher education systems and institutions. It also examines policy challenges and the prospects for social progress. It points to critical areas of investigation for the CODESRIA Multinational Working Group (MWG) research network on higher education. Conceived as a background text for this network, the book traces the historical roots and the global factors of the African higher education crises and the search for transformation to address issues of legitimacy and relevance. It analyses the origins, nature, and mission of African higher education, the problems associated with cultural colonization and the dependency trap, the local/global nexus in the crises with a special attention to the structural adjustment programmes (SAPs), and the various waves of reforms and innovations. Furthermore, the book presents a synopsis of studies that were conducted on the crises, highlighting both their findings and recommendations.

Contents:

Front Cover; Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter One - Origins and Mission of African Universities; Chapter Two - Cultural Colonisation by Force and by Choice; Chapter Three - Tre Crisis, Its Consequences, and the Call for Change; Chapter Four - Waves of Reforms and Recent Innovations; Chapter Five - New Challenges within the Global and Local Objective Conditions; Chapter SIx - Structural Change, Transformation, and Localisation of Higher Education as a Public Good; Conclusion; Bibliography; Back Cover

Notes:

"Green book"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-202).

ISBN:

9786612901416

9781282901414

1282901419

9782869784048

286978404X

9782869783607

2869783604

9782869782785

2869782780

OCLC:

741350879