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Author : W. K. Chagula
Release : 1968
Genre : Education
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Book Synopsis The Economics and Politics of Higher Education and Research in East Africa by : W. K. Chagula
Download or read book The Economics and Politics of Higher Education and Research in East Africa written by W. K. Chagula. This book was released on 1968. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bhekithemba R. Mngomezulu
Release : 2012-01-01
Genre : Education
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Book Synopsis Politics and higher education in East Africa from the 1920s to 1970 by : Bhekithemba R. Mngomezulu
Download or read book Politics and higher education in East Africa from the 1920s to 1970 written by Bhekithemba R. Mngomezulu. This book was released on 2012-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main objective of this book is to establish the salient reasons why higher education was developed in East Africa and specifically why the Federal University of East Africa was constituted. The book will identify the factors responsible for the collapse of this regional institution in June 1970. Another objective of this book is to demonstrate how the history of the University of East Africa sheds light on colonial and post-colonial policies on education, especially higher education, as a contribution to educational planning in contemporary Africa.
Author : Nico Cloete
Release : 2011
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 731/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Universities and Economic Development in Africa by : Nico Cloete
Download or read book Universities and Economic Development in Africa written by Nico Cloete. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Universities and economic development in Africa presents the synthesisesand key findings of eight African countries and universities. The analysis and discussions presented in the book draw the following three main conclusions: 1. There is a lack of clarity and agreement (pact) about a development model and the role of higher education in development, at both national and institutional levels. There is, however, an increasing awareness, particularly at government level, of the importance of universities in the global context of the knowledge economy. 2. Research production at the eight African universities is not strong enough to enable them to build on their traditional undergraduate teaching roles and make a sustained contribution to development via new knowledge production. A number of universities have manageable student-staff ratios and adequately qualifi ed staff, but inadequate funds for staff to engage in research. In addition, the incentive regimes do not support knowledge production. 3. In none of the countries in the sample is there a coordinated effort between government, external stakeholders and the university to systematically strengthen the contribution that the university can make to development. While at each of the universities there are exemplary development projects that connect strongly to external stakeholders and strengthen the academic core, the challenge is how to increase the number of these projects. The project on which this report is based forms part of a larger study on Higher Education and Economic Development in Africa, undertaken by the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (HERANA). HERANA is coordinated by the Centre for Higher Education Transformation in South Africa"--Back cover.
Author : Kiluba L. Nkulu
Release : 2005
Genre : Education
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Book Rating : 261/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Serving the Common Good by : Kiluba L. Nkulu
Download or read book Serving the Common Good written by Kiluba L. Nkulu. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serving the Common Good combines critical analysis and interpretation of theory and practice for higher education in Africa and in the West. It demonstrates the current urgent need to articulate an educational ideal relevant to the cultural, economic, political, and social problems of the twenty-first century. Utilizing Julius K. Nyerere's vision of education for the common good - a pragmatically balanced articulation of a postcolonial African perspective on higher education - Kiluba L. Nkulu emphasizes a human-centered approach to community and national development. Serving the Common Good offers a provocative and unique perspective on the state of higher education in Africa, and will be useful in courses on African Studies, Education and Society, Educational Foundations and Inquiry, Higher Education and Leadership, Political Economy, and Sociology.
Author : Michael Mwenda Kithinji
Release : 2019-11-23
Genre : Education, Higher
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Book Synopsis The State and the University Experience in East Africa by : Michael Mwenda Kithinji
Download or read book The State and the University Experience in East Africa written by Michael Mwenda Kithinji. This book was released on 2019-11-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The State and the University Experience in East Africa, Professor Kithinji explores the critical yet unacknowledged role that universities have played in the politics of statehood and nation building. He demonstrate how successive colonial and postcolonial governments have sought to use university education as a means to advance political and economic interests. He seeks to unravel the connection between universities and the state in East Africa, particularly in Kenya. Thorough narrative and analytical history of the policies and politics of university education in the past half-century and more explore the forces that have influenced the development of universities. This study identifies three major policy trends that have shaped university education. Beginning from 1949, when the British colonial government founded Makerere University College in Uganda as the first degree granting institution for East Africa, until 2002, when the second President of Kenya, Daniel arap Moi, retired from office and his Kenya African National Union (KANU) that had ruled since independence in 1963 lost power. By investigating the dynamics that have influenced higher-education policies in Kenya and the wider East African region, this study links the higher education discourse with the state-building narrative and conceives university policies as a product of the forces informing the historical trajectory of Kenya in particular and the wider East African region in general. The State and the University Experience in East Africa will be of great interest to scholars of the African continent, some of whom may be inspired to rewrite the story of tertiary education and state formation in other parts of Africa by an equally meticulous examination of primary sources as demonstrated in this work
