Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education /
The dominant global discourse in higher education now focuses on 'world-class' universities - inevitably located predominantly in North America, Europe and, increasingly, East Asia. The rest of the world, including Africa, is left to play 'catch-up'. But that discourse should foc...
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| Language: | English |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2015
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| Series: | African minds higher education dynamics series ;
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Roles of universities and the African context / Nico Cloete and Peter Maassen
- Research universities in Africa : an empirical overview of eight flagship universities / Nico Cloete, Ian Bunting and Peter Maassen
- Assessing the performance of African flagship universities / Ian Bunting, Nico Cloete, Henri Li Kam Wah and Florence Nakayiwa-Mayega
- Research output and international research cooperation in African flagship universities / Robert Tijssen
- South Africa as a PhD hub in Africa? / Nico Cloete, Charles Sheppard and Tracy Bailey
- Faculty perceptions of the factors that influence research productivity at Makerere University / Gordon Musiige and Peter Maassen
- Academic incentives for knowledge production in Africa : case studies of Mozambique and Kenya / Gerald Wangenge-Ouma, Agnes Lutomiah and Patrício Langa
- Functions of science granting councils in sub-Saharan Africa / Johann Mouton, Jacques Gaillard and Milandre van Lill
- The roles of national councils and commissions in African higher education system governance / Tracy Bailey
- University engagement as interconnectedness : indicators and insights / François van Schalkwyk
- Student engagement and citizenship competences in African universities / Thierry M Luescher-Mamashela, Vincent Ssembatya, Edwina Brooks, Randall S Lange, Taabo Mugume and Samantha Richmond
- Managing contradictory functions and related policy issues / Nico Cloete, Peter Maassen, Ian Bunting, Tracy Bailey, Gerald Wangenge-Ouma and François van Schalkwyk.