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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その他の著者: Bailey, Tracy (編集者), Maassen, Peter A. M. (編集者), Cloete, Nico (編集者)
フォーマット: 電子媒体 eBook
言語:英語
出版事項: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
シリーズ:African minds higher education dynamics series ; v. 1.
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目次:
  • 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.