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Research Universities in Africa.
"From the early 2000s, a new discourse emerged, in Africa and the international donor community, that higher education was important for development in Africa. Within this 'zeitgeist' of converging interests, a range of agencies agreed that a different, collaborative approach to linki...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
African Minds,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acronyms & abbreviations; About the authors; Contributors; Preface; Part 1
- TOWARDS RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES IN AFRICA; Chapter 1. From flagships to research universities; Discourses on the role of higher education in development in Africa; The post-independence 'development university' discourse; 'Revitalisation' of the university for development and the knowledge economy; International funding for higher education in Africa; Empirical evidence on universities in Africa; The Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (Herana).
- Researching the link between higher education and developmentThe analytical framework; National development models and a pact about the role of higher education; The strength of the academic core; From flagship to research universities; The importance of research universities for global science; Research universities are important for Africa; Can we talk of research universities in Africa?; Herana universities are the most research-productive in their countries; Conclusion; Chapter 2. The research performance of eight universities in Africa.
- Measuring institutional performance: Herana principlesCollecting academic core data; Trends in academic core data; Student enrolments; Graduates; Academic staff; Introduction to discussion of academic core indicators 4 and 5; Permanent academic staff as high-level inputs; Doctoral enrolments as high-level inputs; Doctoral graduates as high-level knowledge outputs; Research publications as high-level knowledge outputs; Determining cross-national performance goals and targets; Setting cross-national quantitative targets; Assessing the research performance of eight African universities.
- National and institutional policy and planning contextsEmpirical evidence of research performance; Empirical evidence of changes in research performance over time; Placing the Herana universities in research-activity categories; Conclusion; Part 2
- UNDERSTANDING THE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY IN AFRICA; Chapter 3. The role of the research university; Four university models; Inconsistency in international development cooperation; Inconsistency in expectations among national and institutional stakeholders; Research aspirations and their take; Research aspirations; National realities.
- Inconsistency between national and institutional policy goalsConclusion; Chapter 4. Tensions between functions in the research university; Historically-determined functions of universities; Contemporary tensions between functions in universities; How universities are managing the tensions between functions; The University of Mauritius; Makerere University; The University of Ghana; Conclusion; Chapter 5. Incentivising research performance at African universities; University incentives for research; Funding and development aid for research; Government incentives for research.