As by fire : the end of the South African university / Jonathan Jansen.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Jansen, Jonathan D., author.

Contributor:

• Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• South Africa.
• Higher education and state--South Africa.
• Education, Higher.
• Educational change.
• Higher education and state.
• Student movements.
• Universities and colleges.
• Universities and colleges--Administration.
• Universities and colleges--Finance.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 285 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cape Town, South Africa : Tafelberg, 2017.

Summary:

"What are the real roots of the student protests of 2015 and 2016? Is it actually about fees? Why did so many protests turn violent? Where is the government while the buildings burn, and do the students know how to end the protests? Former Free State University Vice-Chancellor Jonathan Jansen delves into the unprecedented disruption of universities that caught South Africa by surprise. In frank interviews with eleven of the VCs most affected, he examines the forces at work, why the protests escalate into chaos, and what is driving - and exasperating - our youth. This urgent and necessary book gives us an insider view of the crisis, tells us why the conflict will not go away and what it means for the future of our universities."--Back cover.

Contents:

• Introduction: The perfect storm
• The leader and the crisis
• The roots of the crisis I: financial exclusion
• The roots of the crisis II: cultural alienation
• The unfulfilled promise
• A leaderless revolution
• The personal costs of crisis leadership
• Sense and non-sense in the decolonisation of curriculum
• Shackville and the rise of the welfare university
• University leaders and the anti-social media
• The test of leadership and the future of South Africa's universities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

• 9780624080305
• 0624080307

OCLC:

990773617

Online:

The Rosengarten Family Fund Home Page