
Higher Education in Development
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- Cover
- Higher Education in Development: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa
- Higher Education in Development: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Acronyms
- 1: Introduction
- Main points in this chapter
- The Reflective Approach
- Case Study: The World Bank Development Innovation Fund in Ethiopia
- The Process of Critical Enquiry
- Ethical Issues
- How Readers Might Use the Book
- Key Themes Within the Book
- Case Study: The Centre for International Cooperation/VU University Amsterdam (CIS /VU) Philosophy of Collaboration
- Change Management
- Integrated Model of Institutional and Personal Learning
- Long-Term Commitment
- Alignment with Current Developments
- Integrating Quality Assurance
- Content of the Book
- Notes
- 2: The Context for Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Main points in this chapter
- Massification
- Case Study: Dilemmas Raised by Higher Education Expansion in Ethiopia
- Globalization
- Case Study: The Development of Global Networks that Include sub-Saharan African Universities
- Sustainability
- The Purposes of Higher Education
- Case Study: Higher Education and Freedom of Speech in South Africa
- Stakeholders
- Private Higher Education Institutions
- Case Study: Private Universities in Nigeria
- Brain Drain
- HIV/AIDS
- Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
- Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
- Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
- Goal 4: Reduce child mortality rate
- Goal 5: Improve maternal health
- Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
- Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
- Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 3: Managing Expansion
- Main points in this chapter
- Higher Education and Economic and Social Development
- Case Study: The Purpose of Higher Education in Ethiopia
- Expansion, Autonomy, and Accountability
- Quality and Expansion
- Graduate Unemployment and Underemployment
- Managing the Change
- Sharing the Financial Burden of Expansion
- Case Study: The Dilemmas of expansion in South Africa
- Staffing Issues
- Higher Education Post-Financial Crisis
- Case Study: Establishing New Universities in Ethiopia
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 4: Structures and Systems
- Main points in this chapter
- Diversification
- Case Study: Restructuring Mozambique's University System
- Collaboration and Linkages
- Institutional Collaboration
- Structures for International Collaboration
- Case Study: Library in a box
- Structures to Support and Monitor Performance
- Structuring Higher Education Qualifications and Learning
- Case Study: Ethiopia's Qualifications Structure
- Accreditation of Learning
- Open and Distance Learning
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 5: Leadership and Governance
- Main points in this chapter
- The Role of National Governance
- Case Study: Dilemmas Raised by Politics and Ethnicity of Universities in Kenya
- Case Study: Burundi's Higher Education System Postconflict
- The Role of Management
- The Links Between University Management and National Government
- The Role of University Boards
- Promoting Sustainability Through an Enabling Culture
- Strategic Planning
- Case Study: The Crisis in Higher Education Planning in Francophone Africa
- System Support Units
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 6: Higher Education Management
- MAIN POINTS IN THIS CHAPTER
- The Role of Governance and the Executive
- CASE STUDY: THE ETHIOPIAN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS OVERHAUL STUDY (HESO)
- The Manager as Leader
- The Manager as a Reflective Practitioner
- Management and Leadership Challenges in Sub-Saharan Higher Education
- CASE STUDY: TEAM BUILDING IN ZAMBIA
- Policy and Planning as Management Issues in Development
- CASE STUDY: THE OUTCOMES FROM THE HESO STUDY (ASHCROFT, 2004)
- Herding Cats: Managing People in Sub-Saharan African Higher Education
- Management and Gender
- Ethical Issues
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 7: Quality and Standards
- Main points in this chapter
- The Legacy and Dilemmas of Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Quality Assurance and Control
- Standards
- The Link Between Quality, Quality Assurance,and Standards
- Approaches to Quality Issues
- Processes to Ensure Minimum Standards
- Processes to Measure Volume
- Processes to Rank Excellence
- Processes to Foster Improvement
- The Legacy and Dilemmas of Quality Assurancein Sub-Saharan Africa
- Case Study: The Development of Ethiopia's Higher Education Relevance and Quality Assurance Agency (HERQA)
- Relevance as a Quality Concept
- Case Study: Ethiopia's Higher Education Relevance and Quality Assurance Agency (HERQA) into the future?
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 8: Developing a Curriculum
- Main points in this chapter
- The Discipline Mix Within Universities
- Diversity in the Curriculum
- National Considerations in the Curriculum Mix
- Ethical Issues in the Curriculum
- Access to the Curriculum
- Case Study: Science and Mathematics Foundation Program at the University of the North in South Africa (UNIFY) (Zaaiman, 1998)
- The Organizational Framework for Curriculum Development
- The Organization of Curriculum Elements
- Formalization of the Curriculum Development Process
- The Relationship Between the Curriculum and the Economy
- Case Study: The Model of the Ideal Graduate
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 9: Teaching, Learning, and Student Experience
- Main points in this chapter
- Pedagogy and the Student Experience
- Pedagogy and New Forms of Learning
- Case Study: Ethiopia's Higher Diploma Program
- Obstacles to Pedagogic Improvement
- Supporting Women Students
- Case Study: Affirmative Action for Ethiopian Female Students
- Supporting Diversity
- Student Services
- Student Unions and Representation
- HIV/AIDS
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 10: Research and Community Service
- Main points in this chapter
- The Place of Research and Community Service in the University
- Divisions Between a Higher Education Teaching Institution and a Research University
- The Influence of Ideas from More-Developed Countries on Sub-Saharan African Universities
- Case Study: Social Science Research and Publication (Mweru, 2010)
- Purposes of Research and Community Service in Sub-Saharan Universities
- Problems with Respect to Research and Community Service
- Case Study: Barriers to Publication in Kenyan Universities
- Ethical Issues
- The Relationship Between the Research Purpose and Methodology
- The Role of Supportive Management and Infrastructure
- Human Capacity Building
- Case Study: St Mary's University College Research Strategy
- Models for Research to Inform Development
- Understanding different research methodologies
- The Funding of Research and Community Service
- Case study: The state of Ethiopian Research and Community Service
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 11: Administrative Support Structures
- Main points in this chapter
- Support for Students
- Case Study: The Ethiopian Administrative System
- The Present Situation
- A focus on results
- Decentralization of decision making
- An orientation toward customer service and customer choice
- The use of external alternatives
- A New Paradigm?
- Managing Budgets and Procurement
- The Process of Change
- The Use of ICT
- ICT as Support for Managers
- Management Information Systems (MIS)
- E-Learning
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 12: Conclusions
- Main points in this chapter
- Dilemmas: More is Less?
- Dilemmas: Globalism and National Needs
- Dilemmas: The Cultural Context
- Case Study
- Dilemmas: The Political Context
- Arab Spring
- Finally . . .
- Notes
- Resources
- Index
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