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Universities and economic development in Africa : Pact, academic core and Coordination.
Universities and economic development in Africa: Pact, academic core and coordination draws together evidence and synthesises the findings from eight African case studies. The three key findings presented in this report are as follows: 1. There is a lack of clarity and agreement (pact) about a devel...
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African MindsPUBLISHER, African Books Collective Limited [distributor]
April 2011 ;
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| 520 | |a Universities and economic development in Africa: Pact, academic core and coordination draws together evidence and synthesises the findings from eight African case studies. The three key findings presented in this report are as follows: 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. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Tables, figures and boxes; About this report; A note about the data timeframe; Acknowledgements; The project group; Acronyms and abbreviations; Executive summary; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; 1.1 Contextualising the project: The relationship between higher education and development; 1.1.1 International trends; 1.1.2 The African context; 1.1.3 The focus of prior research; 1.2 Project focus and methodology; 1.3 Analytical starting points for the study; 1.3.1 What the project is not doing. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter 2 -- Universities and economic development: Evidence of a pact?2.1 The role of knowledge and universities in development; 2.1.1 A role for knowledge and universities in national and institutional policies and plans; 2.1.2 Notions about the role of knowledge and universities; Chapter 3 -- The academic core of eight African universities; 3.1 Methodology; 3.2 The academic core data; 3.3 The strength of and changes in the academic cores; 3.4 Disjunctures between capacity and productivity; Chapter 4 -- Coordination and connectedness; 4.1 Coordination and implementation of knowledge policies. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 4.1.1 National coordination4.1.2 Implementation; 4.2 University connectedness to external stakeholders; 4.2.1 Industry and community; 4.2.2 Foreign donors; 4.3 The connectedness of development activities to the academic core; 4.3.1 Methodology; 4.3.2 The project data and analysis; 4.3.3 Discussion; Chapter 5 -- Conclusions and some implications; 5.1 Pact needed on 'engine for development' role for universities; 5.2 Strengthening the academic core -- incentives are key; 5.3 Coordination and connectedness to development; List of sources. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Appendix A.A higher education and development profile of the countriesAppendix B. List of interviewees; Appendix C. Indicators of pact, coordination and implementation; Appendix D. Problems in collecting academic core data; Appendix E. Academic core indicators and ratings; Back cover. | |
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