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Agency and Social Transformation in South African Higher Education

Author : Grace Ese-osa Idahosa
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429665288
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Agency and Social Transformation in South African Higher Education written by Grace Ese-osa Idahosa and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the process of transformation, discussing how individuals are capable of acting to enable transformation of structures and cultures through the lens of South African higher education. Agency and Social Transformation in South African Higher Education examines the role of agency in effecting change amidst the rigid conditions within South African universities. Arguing for a focus on transformation from below, it explores transformation and agency from the perspective of academic staff. Through discussing moments at which faculty members embedded in rigid structures and cultures perceive themselves as having had the agency to interrupt and transform them, despite their rigidity, this book describes the nuances of social action and agency within the South African higher education institutional context and the ways in which contextual histories may provide enabling/limiting conditions to individuals within them. This book makes an important contribution to the field of agency and social transformation theoretically, methodologically and geographically as it details the motivations for transformation, how individuals become agents of change and the practical experiences of these individuals from a localised perspective. Agency and Social Transformation in South African Higher Education will be of interest to scholars and students of African higher education, transformation studies and postcolonial studies.

Transformation of Higher Education Institutions in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Author : Chaunda L. Scott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351014218
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Transformation of Higher Education Institutions in Post-Apartheid South Africa by : Chaunda L. Scott

Download or read book Transformation of Higher Education Institutions in Post-Apartheid South Africa written by Chaunda L. Scott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book outlines successful transformation strategies and efforts that have been developed to assist the South African higher education system in moving beyond its post-apartheid state of being. Through case studies authored by South African higher education scholars and scholars affiliated with South African institutions, this book aims to highlight the status of transformation in the South African higher education system; demonstrate the variety of transformation initiatives used in academic institutions across South Africa; and offer recommendations to further advance this transformation. Written for scholars and advanced students of higher education in international settings, this volume aims to support quality research that benefits the demographic composition of South African academics and students, and offers lessons that can inform higher education transformation in similarly multicultural societies.

Transformation in Higher Education

Author : Nico Cloete
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9781402040054
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Transformation in Higher Education written by Nico Cloete and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the most comprehensive and most thorough study of the developments in South African higher education and research after the first democratic elections of 1994 – that is of post-Apartheid South African higher education. This volume will provide its readers with a detailed insight into the new (i.e. post-1994) South African higher education system. The large number of experienced authors and editors involved in the book guarantees that the reader will be introduced in the new SA higher education system from a large number of perspectives that are presented in a consistent and coherent way. This book will be of interest to scholars, students, administrators, policymakers and politicians interested in South Africa, higher education and research, and policy analysis. "Publications on higher education are not new. But this volume, which is the first of its kind as a collective effort of tracing and examining the twists and turns taken by processes of change in the South African higher education system in a context of profound societal and global transformation, adds a fresh dimension to the debate. In its examination of the extent to which the changes were in line with policy intentions, particularly with regard to equity, democratisation, responsiveness and efficiency, and how a new institutional landscape started emerging, it makes a momentous contribution to the current debate about higher education restructuring." Njabulo Ndebele, Vice-chancellor, University of Cape Town and Chair of the South African Association of University Vice-chancellors "This book addresses a rich variety of issues on South African higher education. It puts these in the relevant context of the process of globalization and it shows that the South African experiences offer us a lot to learn. Highly recommended for those who are intrigued by the innovations taking place in South African higher education as well as for those who intend to grasp the effects of globalization." Frans van Vught, Rector Magnificus and founding Director of the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente, The Netherlands "Reflection is a crucial ingredient to learning. In this book on higher education we have reflections on a unique period in the history of a country that managed its transition to democracy in a way that was unique, but from which we can all learn. Higher education in South Africa played a vital role in that transition and was part of the many tensions, choices and influences. They have been thoughtfully captured." Brenda Gourley, Vice-chancellor, The Open University, UK and board member, Centre for Higher Education Transformation. "No contemporary higher education system has changed as dramatically as that in South Africa. This book, rich in data, examines the changes that took place and offers insights into how change frequently cannot be predicted. The analysis captures the excitement, high expectations, remarkable successes, and failures in the transformation of the apartheid system of higher education. This excellent study provides rich fare for comparative analysis." Fred M. Hayward, American Council on Education Pilot Project, Executive Vice President, Council for Higher Education Accreditation, US.

Anchored in Place

Author : Leslie Bank
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 1928331769
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book Anchored in Place written by Leslie Bank and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tensions in South African universities have traditionally centred around equity (particularly access and affordability), historical legacies (such as apartheid and colonialism), and the shape and structure of the higher education system. What has not received sufficient attention, is the contribution of the university to place-based development. This volume is the first in South Africa to engage seriously with the place-based developmental role of universities. In the international literature and policy there has been an increasing integration of the university with place-based development, especially in cities. This volume weighs in on the debate by drawing attention to the place-based roles and agency of South African universities in their local towns and cities. It acknowledges that universities were given specific development roles in regions, homelands and towns under apartheid, and comments on why sub-national, place-based development has not been a key theme in post-apartheid, higher education planning. Given the developmental crisis in the country, universities could be expected to play a more constructive and meaningful role in the development of their own precincts, cities and regions. But what should that role be? Is there evidence that this is already occurring in South Africa, despite the lack of a national policy framework? What plans and programmes are in place, and what is needed to expand the development agency of universities at the local level? Who and what might be involved? Where should the focus lie, and who might benefit most, and why? Is there a need perhaps to approach the challenges of college towns, secondary cities and metropolitan centers differently? This book poses some of these questions as it considers the experiences of a number of South African universities, including Wits, Pretoria, Nelson Mandela University and especially Fort Hare as one of its post-centenary challenges.

Re-inserting the 'public Good' Into Higher Education Transformation

Author : Council on Higher Education (South Africa).
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Re-inserting the 'public Good' Into Higher Education Transformation written by Council on Higher Education (South Africa). and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Transforming Universities in South Africa

Author : Ihron Rensburg
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004437045
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Transforming Universities in South Africa written by Ihron Rensburg and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transforming Universities in South Africa: Pathways to Higher Education Reform responds to the pressing need to comprehensively review the post-apartheid experience and assess where South Africa’s higher education stands across the continent and globally, particularly within the country’s efforts to overcome decades of socio-economic imbalances.

Higher Education in South Africa

Author : Eli Bitzer
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN 13 : 1920338144
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Higher Education in South Africa written by Eli Bitzer and published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher Education in South Africa should be of considerable interest to higher education researchers outside of South Africa, as well as within, for the general and comparative assessments it makes. The South African higher education researchers included within its covers have clearly engaged with research and writing from many parts of the world, which they have then applied to make sense of their own condition. - Malcolm Tight Lancaster University, UK

Transforming Transformation in Research and Teaching at South African Universities

Author : Rob Pattman
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN 13 : 1928480071
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book Transforming Transformation in Research and Teaching at South African Universities written by Rob Pattman and published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is transformation in contemporary South African higher education? How can it be facilitated through research and pedagogic practices? These questions are addressed in this edited collection by established academics and emerging research students from nine South African universities. The chapters give us access to students' worlds; how they construct, experience and navigate their complex spheres, on and off campus.

The Transformation of South Africa's University System

Author : Franziska Pfund
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640866231
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book The Transformation of South Africa's University System written by Franziska Pfund and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: 1,3 (A), Stellenbosch Universitiy (Faculty of Economics), course: Modern Economic Systems, 25 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In South Africa the transformation of higher education is part of the broad political and socio-economic transition to democracy characterising the country and its people. The transformation of higher education is not only a comprehensive process, but also a radical one. Furthermore, it is a precipitous process - almost daily are shifts of emphasis and new issues which dominate the higher education debate. In the second chapter this paper will give an insight in the South Africa's system of higher education during apartheid with a special focus on the role that the state played, as this makes clear the reason for any transformation. When discussing the transformation of South Africa's higher education system, the first item of business involves changing the racial complexion of university student and staff profiles. Therefore it is necessary to discuss access policies for students and affirmative action programmes concerning staff policies. In the fourth chapter future perspectives, such as distance learning programmes, and challenges will be considered that universities in South Africa are facing nowadays. The centre of attention are the miscellaneous influences on the higher education system. Finally, this paper will make clear the importance for South African higher education institutions to develop a multi-dimensional view of diversity. [...]

Higher Education in Africa. Crises, Reforms and Transformation

Author : T. Assie-Lumumba
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 286978404X
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Higher Education in Africa. Crises, Reforms and Transformation written by T. Assie-Lumumba and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher Education in Africa. Crises, Reforms and Transformation

Creating Conditions for Student Success

Author : Magda Fourie-Malherbe
Publisher : African Sun Media
ISBN 13 : 1991201435
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Creating Conditions for Student Success written by Magda Fourie-Malherbe and published by African Sun Media. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The various chapters of this book have brilliantly provided perspectives on creating conditions for success in higher education from a wide variety of stakeholders within a university environment. The rich content comes from varying fields of study as well as academic development and student affairs directorates within the institution. This is what is exciting about the book. The diversity of focus in chapters makes the book relevant to anyone with interest in higher education matters. From the opening to the closing chapter, students are making a contribution on what the university has done or is doing for them to succeed or what it should consider doing to improve its service to students. This touches on every environment that students find themselves in a university setting, from residences, to the classroom to commuter or off-campus students. The book’s extended use of the capabilities approach and critical social theories has enabled it to provide nuances on not only the success of students, but, more importantly, about how the higher education environment can transform itself to practices relevant for the sector today. The various research studies in this book can benefit similar university contexts nationally and internationally.

Decolonisation of Higher Education in Africa

Author : Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000328562
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Decolonisation of Higher Education in Africa written by Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the status and importance of decolonisation and indigenous knowledge in academic research, teaching, and learning programmes and beyond. Taking practical lessons from a range of institutions in Africa, the book argues that that local and global sciences are culturally equal and capable of synergistic complementarity and then integrates the concept of hybrid science into discourses on decolonisation. The chapters argue for a cross-cultural dialogue between different epistemic traditions and the accommodation 'Indigenous' knowledge systems in higher education. Bringing together critical scholars, teaching and administrating academics from different disciplines, the chapters provide alternative conceptual outlooks and practical case-based perspectives towards decolonised study environments. This book will be of interest to researchers of decolonisation, postcolonial studies, higher education studies, political studies, African studies, and philosophy.

Role of Leaders in Managing Higher Education

Author : Enakshi Sengupta
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800437323
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Role of Leaders in Managing Higher Education by : Enakshi Sengupta

Download or read book Role of Leaders in Managing Higher Education written by Enakshi Sengupta and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-05 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Role of Leaders in Managing Higher Education highlights the importance of leaders in educational institutions. Showcasing a richly diverse authorship, the collection discusses the autonomy of faculty members based on bonds created through ethics, the style of leadership, and the concept of democracy and social justice.

Higher Education Pathways

Author : Paul Ashwin
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 1928331912
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book Higher Education Pathways written by Paul Ashwin and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In what ways does access to undergraduate education have a transformative impact on people and societies? What conditions are required for this impact to occur? What are the pathways from an undergraduate education to the public good, including inclusive economic development? These questions have particular resonance in the South African higher education context, which is attempting to tackle the challenges of widening access and improving completion rates in in a system in which the segregations of the apartheid years are still apparent. Higher education is recognised in core legislation as having a distinctive and crucial role in building post-apartheid society. Undergraduate education is seen as central to addressing skills shortages in South Africa. It is also seen to yield significant social returns, including a consistent positive impact on societal institutions and the development of a range of capabilities that have public, as well as private, benefits. This book offers comprehensive contemporary evidence that allows for a fresh engagement with these pressing issues.

Understanding Higher Education

Author : Chrissie Bowie
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 1928502229
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (285 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Higher Education written by Chrissie Bowie and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the South African case, this book looks at shifts in higher education around the world in the last two decades. In South Africa, calls for transformation have been heard in the university since the last days of apartheid. Similar claims for quality higher education to be made available to all have been made across the African continent. In spite of this, inequalities remain and many would argue that these have been exacerbated during the Covid pandemic. Understanding Higher Education responds to these calls by arguing for a social account of teaching and learning by contesting dominant understandings of students as decontextualised learners premised on the idea that the university is a meritocracy. This book tackles the issue of teaching and learning by looking both within and beyond the classroom. It looks at how higher education policies emerged from the notion of the knowledge economy in the newly democratic South Africa, and how national qualification frameworks and other processes brought the country more closely into conversation with the global order. The effects of this on staffing and curriculum structures are considered alongside a proposition for alternative ways of understanding the role of higher education in society.

Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Eastern and Southern Africa

Author : Peter Neema-Abooki
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000426386
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Eastern and Southern Africa written by Peter Neema-Abooki and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the critical aspect of quality assurance maintenance of competitive-standards in African higher education. It explores both the micro and macro-levels of continental African higher education regulatory authorities, and analyses different institutional, regional and national practices for moving towards continental quality assurance approaches. Contributed to by scholars across Eastern and Southern Africa, the book considers conceptual, practical, epistemological and policy dimensions of quality and quality assurance, especially in relation to higher education in Africa. It therefore draws on research and local expertise to open up debate about how to assure and enhance the quality of higher education, providing a comprehensive review of eight countries and considers societal challenges. It aims to satisfy the need of more thoughtful and critical works on African education as produced by African educators. The uniqueness of this book lies in integrating both the theoretical and practical dimensions of quality to devise appropriate strategies for ensuring quality and standards in higher education in continental Africa and beyond. This authoritative book advocates for a timely discussion around the prpvision of good quality higher education and research in African universities, and will be of great interest to academics, policy makers, researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of higher education, comparative education and African studies.

Language, Power & Society

Author : Francis P. B. Moto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780702158346
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (583 download)

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Download or read book Language, Power & Society written by Francis P. B. Moto and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Before 1994, South Africa supported 36 higher education institutions, as part of its apartheid legacy. Enforced racial segregation resulted in a plethora of institutions to accommodate specific racial and language groups, which were managed and professionally staffed mostly by white males. Financially, these higher education institutions were an enormous burden for the new state after 1994. This book examines the processes of restructuring following on the government's decision in 2001/2002: to radically reform the legacy of 'the geopolitical imagination of the apartheid planners' in higher education. This is an innovative attempt to get under the skin of what was clearly the most major intervention in South African higher education since 1959, utilising a set of site-based observers on each campus, and regular interviews with key informants at each case-study site. Since the merging of institutions was far-reaching but widely contested, the study gives descriptive information to analyse whether the mergers were helping towards advancing the causes of equity and increasing student access to higher education. A comprehensive range of institutions are covered; and the main researchers, all institutional insiders, represent strong diversity in training and perspectives" -- publisher's website.