Knowledge production and contradictory functions in African higher education /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cloete, Nico (Editor ), Maassen, Peter A. M. (Editor ), Bailey, Tracy (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cape Town, South Africa : African Minds, 2015.
Colección:African Minds Higher Education Dynamics Series ; Volume 1
Temas:
Higher education and state > Africa.
Education, Higher > Research > Africa.
Education, Higher > Africa.
Enseignement supérieur > Politique gouvernementale > Afrique.
Enseignement supérieur > Recherche > Afrique.
Enseignement supérieur > Afrique.
Education.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education, Higher
Education, Higher > Research
Higher education and state
Africa
higher education.
Africa.
knowledge.
research.
university.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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